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Has any of the arch conservatives on this and other threads taken a look at the opinions of the voters in that district? We all know the NE is a peculiar place where many are economically conservative but socially liberal. What disturbs me about the polls is that between the dem candidate and Scozza (who by reports is pro abortion, pro gay marriage and pro Obama health care reform) they garner 62% of the vote with 15% still undecided. If you split those undecideds three ways it gives the dem/Scozza support of 72%.

If the voters in that district are decidedly pro abortion and pro gay marriage any candidate who opposes that has little chance of winning. On top of that it is a 3 way race which means the dem candidate could possibly slip in with less than 40% of the vote because the pub candidates split the vote (Can anyone say “McCain?”).

Too often the torch and rope conservatives fed up with the “Rino’s” in the party believe they can impress their political desires on others and other districts half way across the country. You can't. It's their district, they're the people casting the votes and all you may end up doing is pissing them off with your ham handed attempts to dictate the outcomes of their election from afar.

If you want to see more conservative candidates elected and Rino’s run out of town you can't just put up and support a more most conservative candidate while yelling and screaming about the abomination of Rino’s...the people in that district may like Rino’s for all you know.

You have to first change the hearts and minds of the voters in that district that flattens the road for the more conservative candidates journey .

Bob J wrote:

Has any of the arch conservatives on this and other threads taken a look at the opinions of the voters in that district?

Very good question. I tried to get demographics on issues for the district, and wasn’t that successful on direct polling of the people.

However, I did find a lot of information about John McHugh, the outgoing Rep. He won his last election (2008) with 65% of the vote. John McHugh had a 71.55% lifetime rating from the American Conservative Union. Although he was slipping somewhat in the most recent years. There is a good summary of McHugh's postions on the issues at http://www.ontheissues.org/NY/John_McHugh.htm.

The district elected him last year with 65% of the vote, while rejecting McCain (a “moderate”/RINO), going for the “Hope and Change™” candidate by 52%. Perhaps the lesson in that is Conservatives are more electable that Moderates/RINOs in this district.

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