Conservatives turned out, but some crossed over or just didn't vote for McCain. And, he has only himself to blame; his campaign was disorganized and lacked the efficiency and passion of the Bush 2004 effort.
I still thought McCain would win, and I know LS can tell you that they were thrilled with the heavy turnout in the GOP precincts of bellwether counties, until they started counting the votes. :) Then they saw McCain's chances evaporate with a large crossover vote.
I used to live in Putnam County....Continental. Great place. Mind boggling farms and agricultural economy.
I’m sure some McCain voters flipped to the down-ticket parties. I support the CP myself. I just didn’t vote for them this time. I thought McCain had a shot at pulling it off. Now, I realize that he didn’t really try, so I’d like to pull my vote back and give it to Chuck Baldwin. However, the bottom line is that this needs to be fixed the next time around. The organizing by McCain was lousy in Ohio. His message was off for Ohio.
All that said, I still deeply respect his service for our nation.
Exactly. We have to completely re-think the “turnout” rule.