Republicans say Obamacare helped clinch Florida victory

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Republicans say Obamacare helped clinch Florida victory

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/republicans-obamacare-helped-clinch-florida-victory-213658402.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Oy8HBBmoq9DSUOVSF59E2w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-03-12T213658Z_1_CBREA2B1O1W00_RTROPTP_2_USA-POLITICS-FLORIDA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Republican David Jolly speaks during a candidate forum with Democrat Alex Sink and Libertarian Lucas Overby, all candidates for Florida's congressional District 13, in Clearwater" align="left" title="Republican David Jolly speaks during a candidate forum with Democrat Alex Sink and Libertarian Lucas Overby, all candidates for Florida's congressional District 13, in Clearwater" border="0" /></a>By Barbara Liston ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - The Republican Party's leadership was quick to claim their win in Tuesday's special congressional election on Florida's west coast as a landmark victory over President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, according to political analysts. But local Florida analysts say the narrow result was more likely a reflection of the district's voter make-up, low turnout, and a Democratic challenger lacking in charisma, than public opposition to the president's signature healthcare legislation, popularly known as Obamacare. &quot;In the end, it looked just like the divided country, and the (Republican) district that it is,&quot; said Susan MacManus, a political analyst and professor at the University of South Florida in Tampa. Republican David Jolly, 41, defeated Democrat Alex Sink, 65, by 3,500 votes, or a 1.9 percent margin - 48.4 percent to 46.5 percent, according to the Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections website.</p><br clear="all"/>

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