Analysis

There will certainly be plenty of people ready to give their analysis of what actually happened this election. Did Gov. Palin help or hurt Sen. McCain's chances? What could Sen. McCain have done better? Where does the GOP go from here? As is often the case, the best explanation I heard came from an analyst on Fox's morning news show. I think Sen. Obama's supporters really wanted to vote for Sen. Obama, while Sen. McCain's supporters were split on voting to elect Sen. McCain and trying to prevent the election of Sen. Obama. The bottom line is that it is easier to get people to vote for someone they want to vote for as opposed to convincing people to vote for one candidate so the other candidate does not get elected.