.....it's also worth noting that you're assumptions on why Bush won, because he's somehow more "in touch" with the "mainstream," are just flat wrong. Most polling shows folks went out and voted overwhelmingly along party lines, with self-proclaimed "moderates" swinging towards Kerry. The GOP did a better job of getting out their base, but please Ronnie, don't have any cracked ideas about this being some "middle American mandadte" or whatever for Bush. This was good old fashioned GOTV, and the GOP are better at it (I'll admit it!).
According to the Cook Political Report, "85 percent of liberals voted for Kerry, 84 percent of conservatives voted for Bush, and moderates went for Kerry by nine points, conservatives outnumbered liberals, 34 percent to 21 percent, making the difference."
The link to the full article is here:
http://www.cookpolitical.com/column/2004/110904.php
It's actually quite favorable and congratulatory towards the Bush campaign.
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