Wednesday, May 07, 2008

McCain gets only 3/4 of GOP votes

Republican presumptive nominee continues to lose 1/4 of the Republican vote in the primaries, despite having no opposition remaining in his inevitable primary campaign.

After 23% of PA Republicans turned out to vote for "Anyone but McCain", the trend continued in Indiana and North Carolina.

In Indiana, McCain picked up 78% of the vote, 5% for Ron Paul, and the dead candidacies of Romney and Huckabee split the remaining 17%.

In North Carolina, McCain only got 74%, with 12% going again to Huckabee, 7% to Ron Paul, and 4% to "Uncommitted".

While many will point out that these voters may not go for Obama in the Fall, they show a continued weakness of McCain among his own base. This may depress already moribund Republican turnout. With Bob Barr running on the Libertarian ticket, these disgruntled conservatives will have a viable place to express their discontent. Worse for other Republicans running for office, they may just not show up in Novemember.
McCain bleeding Red voters

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