The Republicans’ ability to pick up governorships this year has been discussed as a potential setback for President Obama’s presumed 2012 campaign for re-election — the idea being that a state’s governor can use his or her own political operation to boost the chances of their party’s presidential nominee....
>>>The Republicans’ ability to pick up governorships this year has been discussed as a potential setback for President Obama’s presumed 2012 campaign for re-election — the idea being that a state’s governor can use his or her own political operation to boost the chances of their party’s presidential nominee.
But a new study posted at the University of Minnesota’s Smart Politics blog suggests that theory may be overblown.
Since 1968, the report found, Republican presidential nominees have won roughly two-thirds of states that had a G.O.P. governor – and about the same proportion when a Democrat controlled the governorship.
Read more in the article linked below.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/22/how-much-do-governors-influence-presidential-elections/
