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American Idol: A lesson in the democratic process?

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By Rachel

A panoply of “American Idol” viewers were apoplectic that Chris Daughtry was sent packing last night – and yet, therein lies the irony: Many of them didn’t vote at all, thinking the likably, folksy Daughtry was a shoo-in.

Indeed, that seems to be what doomed him. That’s how people vote in real-life politics, too.

Take for example, Jon A. Krosnick, professor of psychology and political science at Ohio State University.

Krosnick spend almost 25 years studying voter patterns.

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