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Thursday, January 03, 2008

Independents' day

US elections 2008: Voters who are not affiliated to either the Republican or Democratic parties may be decisive in picking the next president
by John Judis and Ruy Teixeira

There is a spectre haunting this year's presidential campaign: the independent voter..... (Comment is free/Guardian Unlimited UK)

With 1,695 of 1,781 precincts reporting, Obama had 37.4% of the vote, a clear lead over Edwards with 29.9% and Clinton on 29.6%. The excitement of the Democratic contest was reflected in the turnout figures with 221,000 participating in the caucuses, a huge increase on 2004 which saw 125,000 voters..... (Guardian Unlimited)

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