1 in 4 North Carolina Republicans Reject McCain

News Type: Event — Seeded on Mon May 12, 2008 10:28 AM EDT

Article Source: The Nation

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Much has been made of the fact that a substantial portion of North Carolina and Indiana Democratic primary voters who cast ballots on Tuesday for Hillary Clinton told exit pollsters that – if Barack Obama is their party's nominee this fall – they may vote for Republican John McCain.

Should Obama be concerned? Of course. There is no question that the senator from Illinois must do more to appeal to wavering Democrats, especially white, working-class voters who have heard a lot more about the candidate's controversial former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., than they have about his position on trade policy.

But Obama's not the only likely party nominee who should be worried about some shakiness at the party base. Despite the fact that all-but-coronated Republican nominee John McCain was running essentially without opposition Tuesday, 27 percent of Republican primary participants in North Carolina cast their votes for a candidate other than McCain. In Indiana, 23 percent of Republican primary voters rejected the senator from Arizona.

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Killfile

Is the Kool-Aid tasting funny in the Republican Party? After years of complaining about Democratic "flip-flops," poll-governed candidates, and liberal social values the GOP is running someone who's flip-flopped from their liberal social values in response to polling data so as to win the nomination.

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#1 - Mon May 12, 2008 11:12 AM EDT

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Good for them they are the smart ones.

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#2 - Mon May 12, 2008 12:58 PM EDT

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For what it's worth they're still voting for Republicans :-)

I think it's interesting that so many remain loyal to candidates that no longer have even a technical shot at the nomination, however.

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#2.1 - Mon May 12, 2008 1:25 PM EDT

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