Re: commentary by Wayne Allyn Root
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If anything, the Republicans didn't motivate their base
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I thought the article was right on. The Republicans base has been shrinking significantly in party identification polls. I know of a lot of people who are outraged at the stem cell funding veto and yes that dwarfs the poker community.
- In October, just 31.5% of Americans considered themselves Republicans. That’s a startling decline of nearly six percentage points from 37.2% two years ago.
- Today, 30.7% are not affiliated with either major party. That’s up from 24.1% in October 2004.
But to say the poker community had (and has) "nothing" to do with anything is also a very bold lie. In elections that are this close it is dangerous to think otherwise.
Did poker players single handedly sway any seats from one party to another? Don't really know, could be one or two?
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