Wisconsin is a state that is split down the middle. Kerry won Wisconsin in '04 by the slimmest of margins, 0.38%. Gore won in 2000 by an even closer vote, 0.22%.
Look at the turnout in Wisconsin!!
(With 97% of precincts reporting)1,080, 298 - Democratic votes
394,074 - Republican votes
Barack Obama, by himself:
- received nearly triple the votes of John McCain (636,049 to 219,838)- nearly double the votes of ALL Republican candidates COMBINED! (636,049 to 394,074)
6 comments:
William:
I was listening to NPR on monday and they were interviewing lifelong republicans who said they were voting for Obama. WI has an open primary. I hope your assessment is correct.
democommie
That's very interesting!!
What will they do in November? I think they've decided he's an easier target than she.
Perhaps the low turnout was due to McCain already wrapping up the nomination, and the Obama/Clinton contest was still to be decided?
Projecting this towards the November election is simply foolhardy.
anonymous@12:25PM:
NPR spent time (as did othr news organizatins) talking to voters in WI. A number of them were Republicans (self-ID'd) who said they would vote for Obama because he looked like the only reasonable choice.
I feel fairly certain that John McCain has more skeletons in his closet and he's also got that famously ugly temper of his which will, sooner or later, slip its leash. I just hope it's before enough idiots vote to give him ther "football".
democommie
Thanks for the advice on better health. I know I was surprised by her renewed interest in butter and lard. She gets this stuff from Sally Fallon's book, "Nourishing Traditions." Have you heard of it?
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