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2016 Postmortem

DrDan

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16. yep - about 50K votes cast in Minnesota for all 4 candidates - as compared to just

Reply to grantcart (Reply #11)

Wed Feb 8, 2012, 02:54 PM

Feb 2012

under 1.3M Minnesota votes for McCain in 2008.

Obviously there will be many less primary voters . . . but 4%? These R's just do not like this list of candidates.

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The funniest part of Romney's weak weak third place showing in Minnesota . . . . [View all] grantcart Feb 2012 OP

A less than 50k GOP turn out? Wow. Itchinjim Feb 2012 #1

I Must Be Too Far From Minnesota To Understand Inverted Equations. Thaddeus Kosciuszko Feb 2012 #2

Minnesota, in general, is more liberal than Florida. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2012 #12

You Are Correct--It Must Have Been The Triple Play That Startled Me. Thaddeus Kosciuszko Feb 2012 #18

They are having the primary that they get delegates from in a few weeks MiniMe Feb 2012 #3

So we have to pay attention to them in a couple of weeks? aquart Feb 2012 #7

Eggs-actly. No delegates were doled out. Major Hogwash Feb 2012 #15

I'd say Michele Bachmann's silence was deafening. no_hypocrisy Feb 2012 #4

And they all breathed a sigh of relief. n/t customerserviceguy Feb 2012 #5

Backmann wasn't silent - She re-endorsed herself. denem Feb 2012 #14

seems to me the biggest message here is that all voters represent less than 4% of the McCain vote DrDan Feb 2012 #6

4% really? 4% wow grantcart Feb 2012 #11

yep - about 50K votes cast in Minnesota for all 4 candidates - as compared to just DrDan Feb 2012 #16

Bwahaha! At least mittens still beat the grinch! peacebird Feb 2012 #8

Naw, I think the Trump endorsement put him over the top...to third. CanonRay Feb 2012 #9

Good one! livetohike Feb 2012 #10

snort grantcart Feb 2012 #17

The endorsement of Timmy "The Tool" Pawlenty The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2012 #13