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The Most Important Stat from New Hampshire

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Two stats for you from the exit polls. The first: among people who thought the economy was “poor”, Paul tied for first with McCain. So Paul may not be too little too late, but rather too much too soon for much of the electorate. The problem with a waiting strategy is that the demographic situation continues to worsen, making the probability of a patriot President less likely while it makes the solutions required to fix the country more painful and disruptive.

Another stat: among people who disapprove of the Iraq War, McCain still won! This is the guy the neoconservatives like the most besides Rudy, yet somehow Republican primary voters think he’s the guy they should support if they oppose the war! The guy who wants to occupy Iraq for 100 years!

Apparently voters can’t even fill in the right box to reflect their own stated political opinions.
The charts are below from CNN:

National Economy
  
Good
(46%)
10%
11%
0%
33%
3%
41%
1%
Poor
(10%)
6%
15%
1%
30%
30%
14%
2%
U.S. War in Iraq
  
Somewhat Approve
(38%)
8%
13%
1%
39%
2%
33%
1%
Strongly Disapprove
(14%)
5%
10%
0%
38%
26%
16%
0%

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