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Pew Poll: 20% of White Democrats Vote McCain If Obama Is The Nominee
Pew Poll ^ | February 28 2008 | Pew Poll

Posted on 02/28/2008 6:48:09 PM PST by jveritas

Democratic Base Fissures

Although attention has been focused on McCain's problems with the GOP base, there are indications that some Democrats might defect if Obama is the party's nominee. Overall, 20% of white Democratic voters say they would vote for McCain if Obama is the Democratic nominee. That is twice the percentage of white Democrats who say they would support McCain in a Clinton-McCain matchup. Older Democrats (ages 65 and older), lower-income and less educated Democrats also would support McCain at higher levels if Obama rather than Clinton is the party's nominee.

Read more at http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=398


TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; barackhusseinobama; barackobama; chebama; cultofobama; election; hillary; husseinobama; mccain; nobama; obama; seniorsvote; whitevote
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To: jveritas

Interesting. Very interesting. Take it with a grain of salt. This could be a false flag piece.


121 posted on 02/28/2008 7:38:03 PM PST by Secret Agent Man
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To: mylife
They are all screeching about racism within the party L0L

BWAHAHA. Good! Let them. It's about time American politics was cleaned of this phoney issue. Better it happens on the side it comes from from.

122 posted on 02/28/2008 7:40:40 PM PST by GVnana ("They're still analyzing the first guy. What do I have to worry about?" - GWB)
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To: dandiegirl
dandie.. I do think the youth votes are real. Although I saw a post on some thread mentioning the lots of college kids claim they have been intimidated into voting for Barak.
123 posted on 02/28/2008 7:40:52 PM PST by mware (Americans in arm chairs doing the job that the media refuses to do.)
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To: jveritas

Hillary and Bill will rig elections in key states. You can bet on it.


124 posted on 02/28/2008 7:40:56 PM PST by dandiegirl
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To: GVnana

LoL! You expect them to learn from this?


125 posted on 02/28/2008 7:42:21 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: jveritas

Now the white male democrats owe Obama an apology.


126 posted on 02/28/2008 7:42:28 PM PST by keepitreal
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To: zebrahead

If McCain wins, we will never see another Conservative candidate in our lifetimes.


127 posted on 02/28/2008 7:43:32 PM PST by Ingtar (Haley Barbour 2012, Because he has experience in Disaster Recovery. - ejonesie22)
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To: LdSentinal

“...probably more than 20%.”

My thoughts, exactly. I think the poll should read “only 20 percent of Democrats were honest enough to admit that they would vote for McCain.


128 posted on 02/28/2008 7:44:27 PM PST by RavenATB
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To: Ingtar

If McCain wins, we might actually control the Supreme Court for the first time in any of our lifetimes.


129 posted on 02/28/2008 7:44:53 PM PST by zebrahead
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To: Ingtar

...and if Obam wins we may not live a lifetime.


130 posted on 02/28/2008 7:45:33 PM PST by mware (Americans in arm chairs doing the job that the media refuses to do.)
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To: jveritas

This should send some liberals into orbit...

The Holy Messiah Obama must not be denied...


131 posted on 02/28/2008 7:46:32 PM PST by tcrlaf (VOTE DEMOCRAT-You'll look great in a Burka!)
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To: edcoil

Doyathink?


132 posted on 02/28/2008 7:46:40 PM PST by proudpapa (May God Bless Our Troops.)
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To: alecqss

“I actually know some of those “20%” dems. I may assure you, they may be many things, but they are not racists. Obama looks to them as “politically correct” ramming pole for the forces they can not vote for.”

I do too but look for the MSM to find some racist examples to say they won’t vote for him just because he is black. Of course they will also find people to say “I’ve always voted Republican but now I’m going to vote for Obama” too.


133 posted on 02/28/2008 7:46:40 PM PST by willk
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To: zebrahead
If McCain wins, we might actually control the Supreme Court for the first time in any of our lifetimes.

I, for one, will not trust the man that gave us the Gangrene of 14 and the comments about Alito to pick a good judge, much less a Justice. He'll pick someone his friends in the Senate will not thing "too extreme."

134 posted on 02/28/2008 7:47:29 PM PST by Ingtar (Haley Barbour 2012, Because he has experience in Disaster Recovery. - ejonesie22)
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To: mware

>>”...have spoken with quite a few life long democrates who said they would never vote for Barak.”

Me too. Isn’t is amazing. They talk the liberal left-wing talk but ske-daddle sideways when it come time to vote!


135 posted on 02/28/2008 7:48:36 PM PST by SatinDoll (Desperately seeking a conservative candidate.)
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To: Ingtar

But Obama is GUARANTEED to appoint activist leftists.

How can guaranteeing that you do not take control of the Supreme Court further the conservative cause? How is that possible?


136 posted on 02/28/2008 7:49:21 PM PST by zebrahead
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To: paudio; edcoil
JFK changed the landscape, and also, history was taught differently: they almost never mentioned that Southern leaders who were against the civil rights act were mostly—if not all—Dims

If you are old enough, you don't have to look it up. You rely on your (perhaps faulty) memory.

As I remember it, Negroes (the polite term at the time) voted predominantly republican until Lyndon Johnson got credit (with enough republican votes to make up for southern democrats) for passing the Civil Rights Act. Al Gore Sr, Democrat of Tennessee, was among the senators voting against.

Since then, the civil rights race-baiters have aligned with democrats. The overwhelming majority of African-Americans went along with them.

137 posted on 02/28/2008 7:49:30 PM PST by Cracker Jack (If it weren't for the democrats, republicans would be the worst thing in Washington.)
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To: mware
If McCain wins, we might actually control the Supreme Court for the first time in any of our lifetimes.

I will not be cowed into voting for McCain.

138 posted on 02/28/2008 7:49:33 PM PST by Ingtar (Haley Barbour 2012, Because he has experience in Disaster Recovery. - ejonesie22)
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To: mylife
LoL! You expect them to learn from this?

HA! You're right! Why would I expect that? In a weird way, this could work to our advantage. Obama is just too left, and a good portion of the Democrats that were solid Clinton supporters are not going there.

Obama's going to be one of those candidates that really messes up the boundaries. I can see a lot of independents going for him just on the basis of, "Oh, what the heck, give the new guy a shot."

But a lot of Democrat partisans are going to have a hard time with this one.

139 posted on 02/28/2008 7:49:51 PM PST by GVnana ("They're still analyzing the first guy. What do I have to worry about?" - GWB)
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To: zebrahead

Because I GUARANTEE that McCain will pick activist Leftists also.


140 posted on 02/28/2008 7:50:57 PM PST by Ingtar (Haley Barbour 2012, Because he has experience in Disaster Recovery. - ejonesie22)
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