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a '''sympathy vote''' is a vote given in an election to a candidate because of that candidate's apparent disabilities. It is believed that up to 3% of the votes given to [[Barack Obama]] during the 2008 presidential election was sympathy votes, enough to have determined the outcome in favour of Sen. Obama.
a '''sympathy vote''' is a vote given in an election to a candidate because of that candidate's apparent disabilities. It is believed{{fact}} that up to 3% of the votes given to [[Barack Obama]] during the 2008 presidential election was sympathy votes, enough to have determined the outcome in favour of Sen. Obama.