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There is no way to disaggregate all the hundreds of factors that went into the 2012 election. So we'll probably never be able to say "X% of Obama's victory came from data mining and Y% came from hiring an addition Z Field Organizers".

But given the disadvantages Obama had going in, he definitely performed towards the top-end of what could be expected.




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