On the recordNovember 4, 2012
First of all, enthusiasm does matter. It really does. But arithmetic matters more. In other words, if you have fewer voters but they're really, really, really fired up, you still lose.
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Paul Begala discusses the significance of voter enthusiasm versus the actual number of voters in determining election outcomes.
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