WTF? 28% of Clinton Supporters Will Vote For The Straight Talk Express

[QueenOfCalifornia]

What the HELL is up with this? What kind of mental deficiency can explain voting for an absolute lunatic like McCain over Barack Obama? Is it spite? Is it immaturity? I would love an explanation that MAKES SENSE.:wtf:

PRINCETON, NJ -- A sizable proportion of Democrats would vote for John McCain next November if he is matched against the candidate they do not support for the Democratic nomination. This is particularly true for Hillary Clinton supporters, more than a quarter of whom currently say they would vote for McCain if Barack Obama is the Democratic nominee.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/105691/McCain-vs-Obama-28-Clinton-Backers-McCain.aspx

That isn't all - the poll also finds that 19% of Obama supporters will defect to the DARK SIDE if Senator Clinton is the nominee!:wtf:

Who in their right mind will vote for McCain over either one of our Democratic Party nominees? McCain is worse than that ignorant chimp we ALL despise.

Honestly, this is very disturbing. No matter how much hope we all have for the candidate of our choice this kind of defection to the enemy camp is totally unjustified.

[Bucky]

1. Pfff. These numbers will go down as temperatures cool.

I ain't worried.

[zanne]

2. I think it's anger and resentment.

And I think that most of it will pass by November.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

5. I certainly hope

both post #1 and #2 are correct. It is scary.

[Labors of Hercules]

8. I think they will evaporate fast...

If Obama picks a Woman as his VP.

[mattclearing]

3. It makes perfect sense if you're a closet racist.

What other reason is there to take someone with roughly opposite views to your candidate over someone with fairly similar positions?

[mucifer]

4. yup!

[QueenOfCalifornia]

9. I saw

a piece on the news about something like 10% of Hillary supporters admit they can not vote for a black man. THOSE ARE THE ONES WHO ADMIT IT. I am sickened by this.

What is up with the 19% who wont vote for Clinton?

Ahhhhhhh.

[Crazy Dave]

12. There really can't be too many other reasons

Others could be:

They like McCain better than Obama

They want a Bush third term

They like the war

They like high gas and food prices

They don't care if more people lose their jobs or homes

They don't care if 50 million Americans don't have healthcare

An Obama supporter said something bad about Hillary

I think that's about it

[QueenOfCalifornia]

32. Agreed

sad huh?

47% of Democrats will defect?

I am horrified that this is plausable

[ShortnFiery]

13. What's amazing is that many people ARE racists - but they'll deny it to their dying day.

It's amazing that some of the most racist people will DENY that they are "prejudice" AT ALL. :crazy:

We all harbor prejudices, however, most of us REFLECT constantly to understand the source of non-objective feelings.

Racists (and larger term "bigots") BELIEVE that "all prejudice" is some sort of ON/OFF switch that their "good character" has already overcome. They need not monitor themselves because they've (according to themselves) already achieved "altruism" (see Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs). :eyes:

[Crazy Dave]

25. Or they really don't think they are, like Archie Bunker

The poor bastard really didn't think he was a bigoted racist

"I got nuthin' against youse people"

[QueenOfCalifornia]

37. Archie Bunker

was a mirror for MILLIONS of bigots - racists....

He did the world a service.

that is all.

[NJmaverick]

6. I am sure that there are various reason for this

1) Some will be bitter supporters who are mad their candidate didn't win (many of them will be back by November)

2) You have all the cross over Republicans that helped her artificially inflate her numbers.

3) You have bigots and racists who would NEVER vote for a man who is half black

4) You have those that still think Obama is a Muslim and will not vote for him because of that


I think 2-4 is a small group and it will be easily over come by all the new Democrats Obama is attracting/creating

[ShortnFiery]

7. I can't help but suspect if many of these are indirectly part of RushBo's "Operation Chaos"

:shrug:

[QueenOfCalifornia]

15. I can't buy this one

and I am not trying to be argumentative - really.

It's due to a lot of talking I've had with a well known talk show host, who is a personal friend, who has explained the impossibility of getting radio listeners to change party affiliations just to screw up a vote. Just getting people to boycott a place like WalMart is never really successful. (for an example)

:shrug:

[unpossibles]

33. I agree. They were likely never really supporting Clinton or Obama in the first place

I know in Ohio and in several other states, many Republicans registered and voted as Democrats to spoil the numbers, often to the extent that we ran out of ballots in a few precincts! I forget the actual numbers, but I want to say that in parts of Ohio it turned out that up to 9% of the Democratic voters were Republicans. Granted, I would even say some of them are likely to be legitimate crossovers, but... Come on.

[ccharles000]

10. This Hillary supporter will never vote repub.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

16. Thank you

you are a sane person ----:hi:

[DevonRex]

22. That's because you're brilliant AND nice. nt

[Stop Cornyn]

11. Keep this in mind. During the 2000 Repub primary, more than twice as many McBush3 supporters said

they would never vote for Bush.

By November, they nearly all voted for Bush.

The "sore loser" threats from supporters of the primary candidate who loses is a common phenomenon. Don't put much weight in such threats.

[DangerousRhythm]

14. Wow, either way, either side...

...whoever votes for McCain over the Dem is a damn moron. Plain and simple.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

17. absolutely

correct

:thumbsup:

[Hola]

19. Legacy of the Solid South

This is Kentucky - About 25% of Dems here voted for Bush in 2004. A similar number also voted GOP in 2000. Even Clinton lost about 24% of the Dem vote here in 1996 - which was split between Dole and Perot.

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/KYpres.html

Bill would have lost that state if it wasn't for Perot. You know Bill's base - eggheads and AAs mainly.

[DangerousRhythm]

28. It's just sad...

...to see people voting against their interests, y'know? I will never get it, I guess. :\

[Doityourself]

18. Just saw on MSBC that Bush got about 33% of dems in KY when Kerry ran against him

[DevonRex]

20. Then they're stupid as shit. nt

[nancyr]

26. Yep, that's what I think too.

There is no other interpretaion. There will always be a certain segment of voters who are unable to think.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

36. I'd say

I have seen smarter shit in my life.

[NotThisTime]

21. They don't vote their economic issues

[LucyParsons]

23. THEY WERE GOING TO VOTE McCAIN IN NOVEMBER ANYWAY

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6051074&mesg_id=6051074

[QueenOfCalifornia]

29. I don't buy that

at all.

Too many Hillary supporters here who have said the same thing and they were long time DUers - I am sure there is a portion of out of touch, fake Democrats who would vote for that total shit head McCain :shrug: but 28%? 19%

47% are totally delusional ass wipes who will put a Reverend Haggee hugging, Jesus Camp, flat Daddy, Bush hugging idiot in the WH?????

[LucyParsons]

30. Those people are obviously idiots

Sorry, there's no other way to put it.

Anyone who is so blindly devoted to demagogue Hillary Clinton that they would vote for McCain to teach the rest of us a lesson can kiss my ass. And I'm a feminist.

[rniel]

24. Back your bags

And get your asses over to the republican party then. We don't want anyone that would vote for McCain to call themself a real democrat.

[Zachstar]

27. Amen!!!

[Occam Bandage]

31. They're throwing a tantrum. They'll get back on board as they realize what McCain is.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

35. That is a hell of

a big tantrum.

I am saying the combined total defectors is 47%.

How is that number possible?

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[SemiCharmedQuark]

39. Certainly. Voting Nader turned out to be the right move in 2000, why not in 2008?

[QueenOfCalifornia]

40. Nader

is insane and a waste - He has fucked up some fairly decent elections.

You can't be serious.

[demokatgurrl]

38. This mental deficiency explaines why the chimp

sits in the White House today.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

41. That and

it helped when he was appointed by the supreme court.