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graham4anything

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21. 1980 fracture gave Reagan the election(and Liz Warren voted for Reagan).

Reply to JHB (Reply #18)

Wed May 8, 2013, 08:10 AM

May 2013

1980 party sold Jimmy down the river
and John Anderson won 7% of the vote third party
As he was a liberal, who's votes do you think Anderson took from? The arch conservative Reagan or Jimmy Carter?

and in 1968, the party sold LBJ down the river. LBJ of course is the single most liberal(to the point of almost being a socialist) President of all time.

but then Wallace the DixieRacistcRat ran third party too.

I know, if only the democratic party didn't include anyone not in the 80%, Wallace would have supported the democratic candidate.

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1952? 1956? What "protest votes" lost those election? JHB May 2013 #18

1980 fracture gave Reagan the election(and Liz Warren voted for Reagan). graham4anything May 2013 #21

I notice you didn't mention the ones i specifically asked about... JHB May 2013 #22

Fracture. You are proving my point. It's fracture. graham4anything May 2013 #23

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1980-Ed Koch, Teddy,Anderson was fracture. Without Fracture, Carter won and won big. graham4anything May 2013 #26

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