If McCain vs. Obama, 28% of Clinton Backers Go for McCain

Abookamongstthemany
Abookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
edited April 2008 in A Moving Train
Very interesting...

http://www.gallup.com/poll/105691/McCain-vs-Obama-28-Clinton-Backers-McCain.aspx
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  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    If that actually ends up holding up, that's a pretty huge bump for McCain.

    We'll see what happens.
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  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Obama will be the next president.. these polls are just polls.

    Unless Hillary keeps holding on, it will just anger voters and win McCain more support. Hillary supporters are just stubborn. Those numbers are just voices of protest and not will not actually happen.
  • Abookamongstthemany
    Abookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    Obama will be the next president.. these polls are just polls.

    Unless you agree with them, then they're post worthy. Or at least that's how it usually goes around here.

    I just thought it was interesting.
    If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

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  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Abookamongstthemany wrote:
    Unless you agree with them, then they're post worthy. Or at least that's how it usually goes around here.

    I just thought it was interesting.
    I think those numbers reflect competition stubborness rather than what people will actually do.

    Like when you get angry and say things you don't mean.. Hillary supporters are just more bitter.

    Hillary and Obama are almost identical.. They'd be morons to switch to McCain over Obama if they support Hillary's views.. which they may be already.
  • lazymoon13
    lazymoon13 Posts: 838
    no surprise there. say goodnight to the democratic party.
  • DOSW
    DOSW Posts: 2,014
    That poll is just the result of the intense friction between the supporters of the candidates now.

    Once a nominee is decided, the loser will endorse the winner and the rift will heal. People will get a chance to think about what they're doing. This means nothing right now.
    It's a town full of losers and I'm pulling out of here to win
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    a month ago everyone was saying the huckabee conservatives would never vote for McCain, yet now they are all on board. its the same thing here. people have short memories.
  • kenny olav
    kenny olav Posts: 3,319
    don't you people know that the New World Order has this whole thing rigged? don't you know they will create a series of events and a list of talking points that will be propagated upon by the elite NWO media, which will lead the people to vote the way the NWO wants them to, and if they have to tweak the results a little bit, they will?!?!?!?!?!?! ugh... i mean, wake up, sheeple! c'mon! sheeese.


    :D;)


    i mean, it's fun to think about.
  • lazymoon13
    lazymoon13 Posts: 838
    MrSmith wrote:
    a month ago everyone was saying the huckabee conservatives would never vote for McCain, yet now they are all on board. its the same thing here. people have short memories.

    I'm going to disagree here. while the comparrison might be similar, the actuality of it is much different. the amount of huckabee supports was nothing compared to the supporters of hilary/obama.
  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    MrSmith wrote:
    a month ago everyone was saying the huckabee conservatives would never vote for McCain, yet now they are all on board. its the same thing here. people have short memories.


    I tend to agree.... right now Hilary supporters will say they won't vote for Obama, and Obama voters won't vote for Hilary, but in the end, when it comes down to actually voting, I can't see that many crossovers into republican votes.

    There may be a significant number that stay home or vote for a third party, but both dem candidates have railed against the republican party for the last year, I just can't see their supports then just going to McCain out of spite.

    Any poll at this point is a joke. Once the Dems get their nominee straightened out, and a couple of weeks go by to cool off (and have the loser come out in support of the winner), then poll numbers might make sense.
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  • jbalicki10
    jbalicki10 Posts: 517
    What about Republicans voting for Hillary to cause chaos in the democratic party? That should be about 2-3 percent right?? Wasn't Limbaugh telling conservatives to do this?
  • Sunorizon
    Sunorizon Posts: 30
    Kenny Olav wrote:
    don't you people know that the New World Order has this whole thing rigged? don't you know they will create a series of events and a list of talking points that will be propagated upon by the elite NWO media, which will lead the people to vote the way the NWO wants them to, and if they have to tweak the results a little bit, they will?!?!?!?!?!?! ugh... i mean, wake up, sheeple! c'mon! sheeese.


    :D;)


    i mean, it's fun to think about.

    yeah! VOTE RON PAUL!

    i've spoke to a lot of american and it make me surprise nobody knows Ron Paul, that's the man!
    Government dont want him!
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    come on american peoples! its time to wake up!
  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    These 28% will say this now because they're bitter. However, a day in politics is a lifetime. Once Hillary bows out, she will need to campaign hard to get her voters to support the candidate. I think after she drops out that she will do this. The Dems have been too good to the Clintons to allow them to drop out and not work to get the party candidate the win.
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  • fragileblake
    fragileblake Posts: 716
    Its WAY too early to tell right now. I think we will lose some working class white people, but certainly not 28% of Clinton's support.
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  • macgyver06
    macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
    here's an idea... why not stop voting for

    1. parties that make VERY vague promises that they will never fulfill
    2. parties that take money from the military industrial complex
    3. parties that cant even decide on a candidate and are divided.
    4. parties that have had chances to do good time and time again but fail.



    how long will the American voters accept ignorance and negligence from the people they put there voice behind.


    its a shame people...
  • SoonForgotten2
    SoonForgotten2 Posts: 2,245
    I don't think 28% is very significant. Isn't there some saying about surveys and polls which says that 25% will always be contrary. Even if the question is whether the sky is blue or not.

    The reality here is that there's been nothing that has happened here that's been surprising. The Dems knew the longer this dragged out, that McCain would benefit and that's exactly what has happened. Once the dust settles though, I doubt it will make much difference. There's still a long way to go until November and I really doubt McCain has the legs.
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  • VictoryGin
    VictoryGin Posts: 1,207
    fragileblake wrote:
    Its WAY too early to tell right now. I think we will lose some working class white people, but certainly not 28% of Clinton's support.

    might lose some old people too. but i don't think that matters, nor do i care, because the media is neglecting the hundreds of thousands of people who are newly registering democrat for these primaries. and now young people are involved in numbers they never were before. this younger generation is the most politically active and civic-minded generation ever. this is such an amazing time and historic election, not just because of race and gender issues, but because obama is changing the face of politics and society in the manner of who is voting now. not only are these young people active, they're voting; and they're voting for obama.

    suck it, olds.
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  • brandon10
    brandon10 Posts: 1,114
    Abookamongstthemany wrote:
    Very interesting...

    http://www.gallup.com/poll/105691/McCain-vs-Obama-28-Clinton-Backers-McCain.aspx

    More media hype about nothing of any value. It's a hypothetical that will never happen. There is no point in even having this poll at this time.
  • MichaelMcKevin
    MichaelMcKevin Posts: 1,161
    This shit gives me such a headache... how someone could be so ignorant to switch from a Dem to Rep. vote in THIS ELECTION because their horse lost in the "semis"
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  • sweetpotato
    sweetpotato Posts: 1,278
    Abookamongstthemany wrote:
    Very interesting...

    http://www.gallup.com/poll/105691/McCain-vs-Obama-28-Clinton-Backers-McCain.aspx

    doesn't that mean that the other 72% would prolly vote for obama?
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