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The Limbaugh Effect: A Rush to Judging Cross-Party Raiding in the 2008 Democratic Nomination Contests

The Limbaugh Effect: A Rush to Judging Cross-Party Raiding in the 2008 Democratic Nomination... This paper examines the potential for strategic Republican crossover voting in the March 4, 2008 Democratic primaries. Some observers note that conservative media figures encouraged Republicans to raid the Democratic primary in order to weaken the Democratic Party's chances in the November election. Analysis of exit poll data from 38 states suggests that Republicans may have been voting strategically in Democratic primaries, but there is little evidence that March 4th was unusual in the scope of strategic behavior. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Forum de Gruyter

The Limbaugh Effect: A Rush to Judging Cross-Party Raiding in the 2008 Democratic Nomination Contests

Donovan, Todd
The Forum , Volume 6 (2): 1 – Jul 24, 2008
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de Gruyter
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©2011 Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/Boston
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1540-8884
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10.2202/1540-8884.1232
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Abstract

This paper examines the potential for strategic Republican crossover voting in the March 4, 2008 Democratic primaries. Some observers note that conservative media figures encouraged Republicans to raid the Democratic primary in order to weaken the Democratic Party's chances in the November election. Analysis of exit poll data from 38 states suggests that Republicans may have been voting strategically in Democratic primaries, but there is little evidence that March 4th was unusual in the scope of strategic behavior.

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The Forum – de Gruyter

Published: Jul 24, 2008

Keywords: strategic voting; nominations; cross-party; raiding

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