Reply #57: Yeah! What a dramatic victory! [View All]

[Tesha]

http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Shea-Porter%2C+Hodes+dump+incumbents&articleId=48693d23-9050-40b4-a5dc-1294748171a0

> Hodes's victory was larger than experts had predicted. With 96
> percent of the votes counted, he led Bass, 53 to 45 percent,
> with 2 percent for Libertarian Ken Blevens.

Not exactly a steam-rolling, and Republican challengers
are lining up right now (four have already announced) to
try and recapture the seat from Paul Hodes.


And in the first CD:

> The 1st District followed the same pattern, although the margin
> was tighter. With 96 percent of the votes counted, Shea-Porter
> led Bradley, 51 to 49 percent.

Wow! She won by two whole percentage points!


I think my theory is still standing. On most elections (and
especially in our primary elections), lots and lots of those
"undeclareds" wil turn out to vote for the Democrat who will
be the easiest to beat in November.

Tesha