dazzleman
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« on: August 26, 2006, 09:27:22 PM » |
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With Jackson as a third party candidate syphoning off votes from Clinton, Danforth may have won the election.
Still, it's not a sure thing. It may not even be likely. I'm not sure what percentage of black voters in particular would have abandoned Clinton in order to vote for a sure loser. And let's face it -- Jackson doesn't have a great deal of appeal beyond the black community.
Clinton was and is popular with blacks that he would have had a very good chance, better than many Democrats, to hold onto a sufficient percentage of the black vote to still carry the states where it may have been a deciding factor. Clinton would have been far less vulnerable to a Jackson run than, say, a Michael Dukakis, who inspired no real loyalty or excitement among black voters.
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