Kerry's win in Hawaii helped local races

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The Sushi Bandit (1000+ posts) Fri Nov-12-04 09:26 PM
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Kerry vote may have swung state seats


http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Nov/11/l...

Sen. John Kerry won five of the six state House districts that Hawai'i Democrats snatched from the Republicans in last week's general election, according to precinct-by-precinct breakdowns of the vote totals.

That lends credence to the argument by both Democratic and Republican observers that the Democrats' all-out voter drive in the waning weeks of the campaign season not only helped Kerry win Hawai'i's four electoral votes, but also had a profound impact on the results of local races.

The Democrats now hold 41 of the 51 House seats, while the Republicans' share dropped from 15 to 10. That's the biggest majority the Democrats, who have held a majority in the House since 1954, have enjoyed in more than a decade. The results were especially disheartening for Gov. Linda Lingle and the Republican party officials who pushed hard to advance their caucus from 15 to 18, enough to block any attempts by the Democrats to override her vetoes.

But, in other states DUers have shown that democratic wins in state and local races were inversely proportional to Kerry's loss. Another statistical anomaly?