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Daily Dish

Factoid Of the Night

By The Daily Dish
May 13, 2008
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538 recalls a fascinating fact:

30 percent of West Virginian Democrats voted for George W. Bush in 2004, which I'm pretty sure is the highest figure in the country. If Clinton has turned out those lapsed Democrats -- and she's the sort of candidate who can -- the turnout may beat our expectations.