"Of COURSE they'll vote Republican, where ELSE are they going to go?"
Anyone know if Democratic Presidential write-in candidates are allowed in the other three States (Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont)?
I voted for Hunter in CT.
Yeh - go Duncan Hunter - wooo hooo
"Of COURSE they'll vote Republican, where ELSE are they going to go?"
Fred is on the ballot in Texas.
(I have a number of employees that live there -— Kermit, TX anyone?)
I voted for Hunter in Michigan and will write him in in November.
All the previously announced candidates are on the Texas ballot. I expect Duncan Hunter will get several hundred votes statewide.
To vote tomorrow, each person just needs to go to their correct precinct, and have a voter registration card or a drivers license. There have already been a lot of cross-over voters - both directions. Duncan and Fred are both still on the ballot, as well as ‘uncommitted’. I voted for Duncan.
I voted early in the Texas primary and voted for Duncan Hunter. Some of the talk show hosts were reminded everyone that he was on the ballot.
I early voted for Duncan in Texas. I kind of wish I had gone Huckabee just to send a stronger message of McCain rejection.
I voted for Duncan Hunter in TN before he dropped out...
definitely no regrets...
:)
I don’t know where the author gets his information, but it’s been a while since McCain was at only 30% of republicans.
In Virginia, where a good number of republicans actually voted in the democratic primary, and virtually nobody crossed to the republican party, McCain won 50% of the vote in a 3-man race.
Rasmussen poll of Republicans has McCain at over 50%.
McCain’s favorable rating among republicans is at 83% (or is it 75%? I can’t remember all these numbers in my head).
By and large, Republicans are NOT upset with their nominee. Heck, at this point I don’t think even a majority of CONSERVATIVE Republicans are opposed to McCain.
Democrats can vote for Republicans in the primary see below.
*If you are a registered voter in the state of Texas, you will simply choose your party and vote in that party’s primary. To explain, we do not register by party in Texas. One becomes “affiliated” with a party by voting in a party’s primary and the affiliation lasts for that primary year. As an example, if a voter voted in the March 2006 primary or April 2006 runoff primary, the voter affiliated with that party for the rest of that year, but on December 31, 2006 the affiliation expired. The affiliation means that the person may not vote in another party’s primary or participate in another party’s convention or sign an independent candidate’s petition for place on the ballot if the independent candidate’s position appears on the primary ballot. Note that in the general election in November, a voter may vote for whomever he/she wishes, regardless of how or whether he/she voted in the primary or runoff primary election, since all candidates are on the same ballot.
No write-ins are allowed in Texas primaries. There can be an official write-in candidate, if certified, in a general election. Such a candidate must qualify within 45 days of the general election. Any stray write-in in TX is ignored and off limits under state law. The system works to perpetuate only the two popular established parties.
I looked at the Ohio ballots and Fred is still there.
John McCain, also a good man, did do well; has done well; and is going to be our candidate. Any party’s candidate has to appeal to a large cross-section of that party and not just only to a limited sector.
John McCain has appealed to a large cross-section; Duncan Hunter did not, partly due to lack of name recognition and funding.
We are now in a national race that is going to have huge ramifications.
This includes the war on terrorism, maintaining our national security in the midst of an extremely dangerous world (i.e., our own lives and that of our families), and, not least, the fate of millions of unborn children - correct.
If Obama, especially, becomes President, the deaths of millions of unborn children is going to be not only assured, but encouraged. And will never see an end to Roe.
So may we all stop being fixated in Buddhist-like contemplation of our own navels and get on with doing our part in defending this country and the lives of, millions of the Lord’s children...We were put on the Lord’s beautiful Earth for a good reason, a very good reason.
If there is ANY way of salvaging this election, I’m game.
Make your vote count....VOTE HUCKABEE!.......derail McCain!
We'd better quit playing these sophomoric games with this election and get serious about a candidate or else we will suffer the consequences.
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RACE
NAME
DELEGATES
EARLY VOTES
PERCENT
TOTAL VOTES
PERCENT
President/Vice-President
Hugh Cort
0
542
0.12%
577
0.11%
Rudy Giuliani
0
2,039
0.46%
2,267
0.46%
Mike Huckabee
2
145,220
32.92%
165,296
33.84%
Duncan Hunter
0
1,875
0.42%
2,122
0.43%
Alan Keyes
0
2,746
0.62%
2,920
0.59%
John McCain
85
248,488
56.34%
271,147
55.52%
Ron Paul
0
20,286
4.59%
22,391
4.58%
Mitt Romney
0
10,103
2.29%
10,803
2.21%
Fred Thompson
0
3,699
0.83%
4,113
0.84%
Hoa Tran
0
197
0.04%
209
0.04%
Uncommitted
0
5,842
1.32%
6,511
1.33%
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Race Total
441,037
488,356
Early Provisional Ballots Reported
2,028
Total Provisional Ballots Reported
3,450
Precincts Reported
733
of
7,959 Precincts
9.21%
Statewide Turnout
3.82%
12,752,417 Registered Voters
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