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October 8, 2003
Many Democrats Vote Against Davis and for a Republican

The LA Times is all over this trend. They're so ahead of the curve! This is the same paper that just a couple of days ago was insisting that the recall was trending Davis' way. It's hard to remember when a major news outlet was so wrong (like here).

Dissatisfied Democrats showed their displeasure with Gov. Gray Davis on Tuesday, with about a quarter each breaking ranks to vote for the recall and for a Republican candidate to replace him, according to a Times exit poll.

Despite the governor's efforts to rally Democrats to his side, a quarter of liberals and at least 3 in 10 moderate Democrats voted "yes" on the recall, according to the survey of voters.

And here's an odd fact:

Meanwhile, McClintock, who made a strong appeal to the right wing of the GOP, won support from only about a fifth of conservative Republican voters.

Some Democrats crossed party lines to support the state senator, making up nearly a quarter of his voters — the majority of them Democratic women.

How did that happen?

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Posted by Ed Morrissey at October 8, 2003 6:07 AM

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