Mail-in ballots for Scozzafava?

[Brian4Liberty]

Did they have mail-in ballots in the NY-23 race? If they did, many GOP voters may have voted for Scozzafava before she dropped out. The people who vote early with mail-in ballots often miss out on last minute developments.

[Bman]

I'm assuming some 5-6,000 people showed up who haven't been watching the news or anything of the such and simply pulled the vote Republican accross the board switch.

[cindy25]

absentee ballots, mostly military (huge military vote because of Ft Drum), who normally vote Republican

and

a lot of people who vote straight ticket

[Dianne]

That entire election was a robbery.

[kahless]

Probably breaks down something like this.

1. Voters that vote by party and pressed Row B for Republican.

2. Voters that did not realize she had dropped out and voted along party lines.

3. Fear of voting anything other than Democrat or Republican.

4. Fear of voting for the MSM widely deamonized label of "Conservative" party.

5. Absentee ballots. If she had dropped out sooner some of the absentee ballots would have gone to Hoffman.

Take a couple of the above out and it would have been enough to push him over the top.

[klamath]

Probably breaks down something like this.

1. Voters that vote by party and pressed Row B for Republican.

2. Voters that did not realize she had dropped out and voted along party lines.

3. Fear of voting anything other than Democrat or Republican.

4. Fear of voting for the MSM widely deamonized label of "Conservative" party.

5. Absentee ballots. If she had dropped out sooner some of the absentee ballots would have gone to Hoffman.

Take a couple of the above out and it would have been enough to push him over the top.

And add a percent of her loyalists that voted for the Democrat that she endorsed.

[Brian4Liberty]

absentee ballots, mostly military (huge military vote because of Ft Drum), who normally vote Republican

Military voters disenfranchised again!

[Brian4Liberty]

Probably breaks down something like this.

1. Voters that vote by party and pressed Row B for Republican.

2. Voters that did not realize she had dropped out and voted along party lines.

3. Fear of voting anything other than Democrat or Republican.

4. Fear of voting for the MSM widely deamonized label of "Conservative" party.

5. Absentee ballots. If she had dropped out sooner some of the absentee ballots would have gone to Hoffman.

Take a couple of the above out and it would have been enough to push him over the top.

Yeah, all of those plus some...

Let's not forget the most basic problems with Hoffman, elections are generally beauty contests, and he wasn't winning that. Just the way it is. He was like a deer in the headlights when he was interviewed. You have to be a good speaker. Those are two big factors.