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« on: November 11, 2012, 06:26:48 PM »

And that would be the territory of Guam, which had a swing to Obama of 20.55%. Here's a quick rundown of Guam's voting history:

2012: Obama 72.39%, Romney 26.49%, Johnson 1.12%
2008: Obama 62.34%, McCain 37.00%, Barr 0.66%
2004: Bush 64.08%, Kerry 35.13%, Nader 0.58%, Badnarik 0.20%
2000: Bush 51.58%, Gore 47.22%, Browne 1.20%
1996: Clinton 59.67%, Dole 38.79%, Browne 1.54%
1992: Clinton won, numbers unknown, Marrou 0.67%
1988: Bush won, numbers unknown, Paul 0.53%
1984: Reagan won, numbers unknown, Bergland 0.50%
1980: Carter won, numbers unknown, Clark 0.80%

Guam seems to have a very strong incumbent bias, not unlike Hawaii perhaps.
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