[Lnc-business] Spoiler effect in North Carolina

[Joshua Katz]

Just asking the question is push-polling, unless you ask it in all
combinations.  So this poll is invalid.

That aside, I suspect that Republicans often wish to keep Libertarians
off the ballot, not because of 'lost votes' in the current election,
but because the presence of Libertarians puts the lie to their claims
to be for small government.

More importantly, in so-called 'spoiled' races, Libertarians would
generally not have voted Republican, but Republicans would have voted
Libertarian had there been no Republican.  So if they're so concerned,
they should just pull out of those races.

Joshua Katz
Joshua A. Katz
Westbrook CT Planning Commission (L in R seat)


On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 6:12 PM, Scott L. <scott73 at earthlink.net> wrote:
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> Poll in North Carolina Oct 16-18, 2014
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> “ http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2014/PPP_Release_NC_10201118.pdf
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> Question 6
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> Combined horse race, with Haugh supporters asked if they lean Hagan or
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> Kay Hagan - D
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> Thom Tillis - R
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> What this means is that if the Libertarian were not in the race, the
> Democrat would beat the Republican by a few tenths of a percent more than
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> In other words – this will be yet another election that proves Libertarian
> candidates usually help Republican candidates, albeit by only a few tenths
> of a percentage point.  And yet, Republicans still use legal and illegal
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>   Scott Lieberman
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