Yes, Pam, it will be hard to figure out how many Republicans switched over because of real dissatisfaction and how many switched because they were heading off the anti-war movement at the pass. At my precinct, I estimated that half the switchovers or about 5% of Kerry’s strength came from Republicans who opposed the anti-war stance of Howard Dean.
Unfortunately the press has not covered this aspect of the caucuses, indeed one report said that the caucuses did not allow switches from one party to the other.
Jim
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From: Pamela Mackey-Taylor
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Sent: Friday, January
23, 2004 10:39 AM
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Subject: Re: Resolutions at Iowa Caucus
At our caucus, several people who were Republican said they switched to Democrat because they liked Dean. A few were medical doctors, one was an architect.
Also we had a former state legislator who was a Republican at our caucus. He stated that Bush's Republican Party does not represent him.
Pam
In a message dated 1/22/2004 8:51:26 AM Central Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes:
I think Republicans just wanted to cast a bad light on Howard Dean and succeeded-good luck getting them to the polls.
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