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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: fatima

Thank you. LOL, I can’t remember what I said. :)


221 posted on 02/28/2008 9:26:56 PM PST by Norman Bates (Freepmail me to be part of the McCain List!)
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To: beckysueb

I handle the McCain List. Welcome aboard!


222 posted on 02/28/2008 9:29:39 PM PST by Norman Bates (Freepmail me to be part of the McCain List!)
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To: LdSentinal

While people should decide on the issues, my experience in Chicago tells me there a many many union Democrats who are deeply racist. I never heard such nasty racist talk until I moved to Chicago from small-town Western (Republican) Michigan and worked among blue-collar Chicago Dems. Nasty, nast, nasty. Never heard Republicans talk like that.


223 posted on 02/28/2008 9:31:13 PM PST by cookcounty (Obama reach across the aisle? He's so far to the left, he'll need a roadmap to FIND the aisle.)
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To: Norman Bates
I know.:)I asked if anybody who represented McCain could add info on the thread without telling every anti McCain person off:)Heeheee
224 posted on 02/28/2008 9:31:46 PM PST by fatima
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To: LegendHasIt
"That’s OK.... 20% of ‘white’ Republicans will vote for Obama if McCain is the Nominee."

That is nonsense. It will never happen.

225 posted on 02/28/2008 9:52:33 PM PST by Irene Adler (')
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To: Senator Goldwater

lol...good try....but I’m afraid youre gonna be on the “PC Watch List” for a long, long time........and just to be safe...u might want to invest in a remote start vehicle...u know..for those winter mornings when Global Warming is on sabbatical in Kyoto..


226 posted on 02/28/2008 9:52:45 PM PST by M-cubed (Why is "Greshams Law" a law?)
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To: jveritas

My opinion is I don’t give a damn why he loses, as long as he loses.

If its because of democrats not voting for him because he is black, well so be it.


227 posted on 02/28/2008 9:55:31 PM PST by JRochelle (Bill is defending Hillary because she is being beaten by a black guy.)
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To: M-cubed
Chamberlain warmed up to Hitler a little bit too u know...

LOL! That's exactly how I'd feel if I found myself warming up to McAmnesty.
228 posted on 02/28/2008 9:55:44 PM PST by CottonBall (A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority. "Civil Disobedience", Henry D.Thoreau)
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To: jveritas; Clintonfatigued; fieldmarshaldj

I am calling BS on this poll - at least on the head to head portion (Not saying the DEM defection rate can’t be right).

They undersampled Republicans, which if I am correct only make up 28.65% of their RV sample, while Democrats make up 38.55% (which is close to what I’d expect).

So they undersampled Republicans and oversampled independents.


229 posted on 02/28/2008 9:57:40 PM PST by Norman Bates (Freepmail me to be part of the McCain List!)
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To: ModelBreaker
In fact, this would explain why recent polling is showing McCain ahead of Hussein in popular vote but way behind in the electoral vote.

True. And it's only the latter that matters.
230 posted on 02/28/2008 9:58:46 PM PST by CottonBall (A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority. "Civil Disobedience", Henry D.Thoreau)
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To: jveritas

But it’s not racist if blacks vote well over 90% for Hussein because he is black? Give me a break.


231 posted on 02/28/2008 10:02:34 PM PST by stockstrader
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To: mware

What is the weather underground?


232 posted on 02/28/2008 10:06:52 PM PST by beckysueb (Pray for our troops , America, and President Bush)
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To: stockstrader
But it’s not racist if blacks vote well over 90% for Hussein because he is black?

Yes, but then again blacks have voted 90% or more for all the various white Democratic nominees in memory. Blacks have also voted for white Democrats over black Republicans- Michael Steele's failed candidacy in Maryland is a good example, meanwhile a large proportion of white Democrats would rather vote for a white Republican than a black Democrat. It makes you think, doesn't it?

233 posted on 02/28/2008 10:11:39 PM PST by LWalk18
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To: jveritas

I think Obama is far more calculating than Hillary. He got where he is by dirty politics. His goes on behind the scenes, though, where Hillary is more out in the open. Obama’s brand of dirty politics is more dangerous. He looks good while he forces Hillary’s hand and makes her look like a nagging shrew. Something that everyone hates. He will do the same thing to McCain. He will make him look like a grumpy old man without ever having to say it. I have heard rumors that there was some pretty serious threats against some of the black delegates to switch to Obama. I really think Obama plays very dirty.


234 posted on 02/28/2008 10:14:14 PM PST by beckysueb (Pray for our troops , America, and President Bush)
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To: beckysueb
What is the Weather Underground?

Weatherman

The Ghosts of Bill Ayers

Obama's Bill Ayers Problem

235 posted on 02/28/2008 10:22:14 PM PST by TheMole
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To: Ingtar

How can you guarantee that? Another thing, McCain is prolife if that is important to you. Hillary is strictly prochoice and Obama is proinfanticide.


236 posted on 02/28/2008 10:27:19 PM PST by beckysueb (Pray for our troops , America, and President Bush)
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To: societygirl

I wouldn’t have a bit of a problem voting for a black person if he/she was a good conservative. Give me Lynn Swan or JC Watts or Jessee Lee Peterson and I would proudly vote for any of those fine men. I just wish Dr. Walter Williams had a mind to be president.


237 posted on 02/28/2008 10:33:53 PM PST by beckysueb (Pray for our troops , America, and President Bush)
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To: jveritas

Not wanting to vote for a race hustler doesn’t make soeone a racist. Obama’s a race hustler like Sharpton, only he’s smoother.


238 posted on 02/28/2008 10:37:30 PM PST by PghBaldy (McCain disses Cunningham hard; Obama hems & haws over Calypso Louie)
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To: Cracker Jack
Dems ARE racist, period. They just USE blacks. I have heard upper level Democrats call minorities racial slurs behind their backs, and they LAUGH at them. They slur women, too. The Dems are what I call The Donkey Plantation. White men are the slavemasters, women and minorities are the slaves. The sick thing is, they don’t realize it.
239 posted on 02/28/2008 10:38:23 PM PST by societygirl
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To: rlmorel
Nope, you are TRUTHFUL. White men generally won’t vote for a black, and many white women won’t either. Especially for President. It’s MUCH MORE than 20% of white Dems who will not vote for Obama.Most won’t tell a pollster.
240 posted on 02/28/2008 10:41:31 PM PST by societygirl
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