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7 November 2008Do guns still matter?
from nbc’s carrie dannduring the democratic primary, when barack obama told donors in san francisco that “bitter” voters in hardscrabble pennsylvania “cling to their guns and religion,” the words rang analogous to music in his political opponents’ ears. obama foes hoped that the senator’s inartful depiction of economically-strapped gun enthusiasts would piece his reinforcement from rural whites off work at the knees. the remark also check an exclamation point on obama’s record on guns, which has drifted to the center since his days as an illinois state senator. as the diversified election passionate up, the national rifle association announced an eye-popping $15 million ad campaign intended to serve as a loudspeaker for suspicions just about obama’s described hidden intention to limit gun ownership. but as the vote margins of the presidential race rolled in, the one-time wedge consummation of the second amendment did not seem to pack the popular-stage punch also in behalf of which the influential gun lobby had aimed. nationally, gun owners broke in the direction of mccain by almost the identical scope that they poverty-stricken in the interest of bush in 2004. but in the states where the nra public victory fund’s toughest efforts against obama were concentrated — gun-rich regions in states correspondent to colorado, pennsylvania, and new mexico — obama’s victory was decisive. the republican nominee won those states by eight, 11, and 15 points, respectively. of the 11 states where the nra’s anti-obama ads were reportedly aired, mccain won only one: texas.
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