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Re:Nate Silver: Does race affect votes? by rsheridan6 on Sunday April 26, 2009 @02:50PM (#580262)
He was also using 1996 as his reference year. Clinton was also one of Appalachia/Ozarkia's own in a way that neither Obama nor Kerry were.
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Re:Nate Silver: Does race affect votes? by occam on Sunday April 26, 2009 @03:18PM (#580309)
Yes, why did he choose 1996? 2004 is the more obvious choice.
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Re:Nate Silver: Does race affect votes? by rsheridan6 on Sunday April 26, 2009 @03:45PM (#580344)
Because it fit his hypothesis better?
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