Bugs
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« on: November 15, 2004, 12:35:34 AM » |
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There may have been other effects if Anderson had stayed out of the race. Oregon had a long time Democratic Congressman named Al Ullman who lost in 1980. Because of Reagan's sound victory, Carter conceded early, and Ullman complained that this caused many of his supporters to chose to stay home since the presidential race was all but over. If Anderson's absence had made the presidential race closer, even if Reagan still won, it might have changed the result of this Oregon race, and possibly others too.
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