What evidence is there that Nader voters were in fact potential Gore voters?
That is, is there any data to show that had Nader not been an option, the
people who voted for him would have voted for Gore? Surely that is the
correct question to ask. Nader voters may simply have stayed at home rather
than voting for Gore.
Mark Laffey
At 15:48 24/03/01 -0800, you wrote:
>> >>Brad DeLong wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Yet another blessing we have received from Ralph Nader...
>>>>
>>>>No, from Al Gore. If as many self-identified Democrats had voted for
>>>>Gore as self-identified Republicans voted for Bush, W would still be
>>>>governor of Texas.
>>>>
>>>>Doug
>>>
>>>And Nader was in their pitching, telling self-identified Democrats
>>>not to vote for Gore...
>>>
>>>
>>>Brad DeLong
>>
>>No, Nader never told anybody, let alone "self-identified Democrats,"
>>"not to vote for Gore."...
>>
>>Shane Mage
>
>God! The quality of argument here is *really* low. If you vote for
>Nader, you don't vote for Gore--unless you're in the vote fraud
>business...
>
>
>Brad DeLong
>
>
Dr. Mark Laffey
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