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...I suspect (without solid evidence) that it seriously padded the Republican popular vote victory by getting a lot of people to vote in the states in which Kerry-Edwards did not campaign.
Gay marriage was going to be a much bigger issue for Republicans. They tried to get it on the ballot in so many more states. It failed and it polled pretty poorly, IIRC, as an issue that was on voters' radar screens. The real battle was in getting people to care more about either terror or jobs/health care/education.
However, gay marriage was probably the thing that got out the conservative Christians in states where Kerry didn't compete. And that did help Bush with a popular vote victory
I'm not sure about Ohio, however.
Maybe it was a big issue in Ohio. Any theories?
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