Comments on: Obama Underperformed John Kerry In 100 Texas Counties

By: Off the Kuff: The making of the President Archives

Off the Kuff: The making of the President Archives — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:54:58 +0000

[...] He’ll do better in East Texas and in general in the counties where he underperformed John Kerry. I believe one of the effects of not running a campaign here was that there was nothing to [...]

By: Vince Leibowitz

Vince Leibowitz — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:25:43 +0000

That is correct, but a few provisionals and military ballots in these counties won’t move anything beyond a quarter or maybe half percent.

By: elemming

elemming — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:47:11 +0000

I believe you are comparing complete returns with incomplete returns without some mail-in ballots and all provisional ballots.

By: Kuff's World

Kuff's World — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

here instead of using the locals to help efforts in Ohio and New Mexico and wherever else. On those assumptions, I see three ways in which Obama can improve his performance here. 1. He’ll do better in East Texas and in general in the counties where heunderperformed John Kerry. I believe one of the effects of not running a campaign here was that there was nothing to counteract the underground campaign – forwarded emails, talk radio blather, etc – that painted Obama in a dark and scary light. I suspect that helped contribute