Isaac Chotiner points out that Rick Santorum got only 41 percent of the vote and he was an incumbent! That is a serious beatdown. Even crazy Katherine Harris got 38 percent in Florida despite months of bad press, no money, and every Republican in the state hiding from her.
« Duke lacrosse prosecutor wins | Main | Was Dean's strategy responsible? »
November 08, 2006
TrackBack
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00d83451d25c69e200d83537b43453ef
Listed below are links to weblogs that reference The magnitude of Santorum's defeat:
The comments to this entry are closed.
About Me
I am an assistant professor in the Department of Government at Dartmouth College. I received my Ph.D. from the Department of Political Science at Duke University in 2009 and served as a RWJ Scholar in Health Policy Research at the University of Michigan from 2009-2011. I also tweet at @BrendanNyhan and serve as a media critic for Columbia Journalism Review. Previously, I co-edited Spinsanity, a non-partisan watchdog of political spin, and co-authored All the President's Spin. For more, see my bio or academic website.
Content feeds:
-Blog RSS
-Twitter feed
-Twitter RSS
Email:
bnyhan@yahoo.com
Recent Posts
- New at CJR: Covering facts versus scandal "narrative"
- New at CJR: Backsliding on the "death panels" myth
- Why Obama is in trouble on IRS and Benghazi
- New at CJR: Covering 'The American Presidency'
- New at CJR: The incentives for speed-induced errors
- New at CJR: Exit interview with Politifact's Bill Adair
- New at CJR: The most poli sci-friendly reporter
- New at CJR: That’s not a factcheck!
- New CJR: The Green Lantern Theory of Sequestration
- New at CJR: The third party fever dream, revisited
Comments