The GOP poured money into a get out the vote campaign focused on minority democrats. According to the Washington Post, in the 24 counties with a majority black population, turnout increased by 39.4%, giving Cochran a big edge. The FiveThirtyEight analysis seems to corroborate this idea. In fact, the site’s data has Cochran losing by as many as eight points, if black turnout had not increased so substantially.
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 20:00:40 +0000
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