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Paul Ryan surprised that voters in urban areas actually showed up to the polls. -- (link)

Posted by znufrii Nov 13 '12, 11:52

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http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/13/ryan-surprised-by-voters-in-urban-areas/?hpw (thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com)

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my NYC teabag cousin posted a graphic saying that obama lost in every state where voter ID suppressed 'fraud' - zeitgeist Nov 13, 12:10
I think many people were surprised that urban turnout was *up* from 2008 -- nm - ty97 Nov 13, 12:06
Are we pretending that urban areas voting democrat and rural areas voting republican isn't the standard? -- nm - Ender Nov 13, 12:00 7
- see below -- nm - Spawn Nov 13, 12:03
- From the article... - David Nov 13, 12:03 5
  - The people trying to make this into a racial statement are deliberately misreading it. -- nm - Ender Nov 13, 12:08 3
    - I can almost buy that. almost. - znufrii Nov 13, 12:14 1
      - And now you're deliberately misreading "we didn't lose on 'budget issues'" as "we lost because of identity politics" -- nm - Ender Nov 13, 12:20
    - Yes, that's what the internet is a viking at. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 13, 12:09
  - urban /= minority -- nm - znufrii Nov 13, 12:08
Yeah, like Iowa! -- nm - Spawn Nov 13, 11:56
Your job is to worry about the 47%. -- nm - Max Nov 13, 11:55

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