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Re:It's Charisma, Stupid by Elfan on Tuesday February 12, 2008 @04:55PM (#114343)
Do you have a source for this? Every analysis of exit polls I have seen (for example: http://www.fairvote.org/plurality/perot.htm) shows that Perot split the votes fairly evenly.
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Re:It's Charisma, Stupid by mhartl on Tuesday February 12, 2008 @06:35PM (#114442)
Strangely, I can't find much either way. I thought there was a clear case for Bush over Clinton absent Perot, but I may well be wrong.

I also worded the original comment too strongly. Clearly, charisma is a big factor in modern elections, and one data point isn't enough to disprove anything in any case. Concluding that "it's charisma, stupid" does seem to rely on very small-number statistics, though.

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