Rep Primary Penn - John McCain 73%

beachdweller
beachdweller Posts: 1,532
edited April 2008 in A Moving Train
wow, all this talk about Barak and Hillary, and John McCain, running alone basically, get's only 73% of the votes in the Republican Primary in Pennsyvania. Ron Paul 16% and Mike Huckabee 11%.

Why isn't this fact being debated? Dem's have two strong candidates in their parties eyes, the Republicans have their guy, and he can't get 3/4's of the vote of a major swing state?
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  • SilverSeed
    SilverSeed Posts: 336
    I didn't hear anything about the republican vote there, but that's hilarious.
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  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    Anecdotally, I think that it's funny, but in my opinion it doesn't mean anything at all. Really, what motivation was there for McCain supporters to go vote?
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  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,351
    How many people showed up?

    I mean, you'd expect pretty small numbers from Reps knowing that their guy has it locked up.

    But it's silly that the only guy got less than 75% of the vote.

    Wouldn't it have been funny if he somehow lost? :p
  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    mca47 wrote:
    How many people showed up?

    I mean, you'd expect pretty small numbers from Reps knowing that their guy has it locked up.

    But it's silly that the only guy got less than 75% of the vote.

    Wouldn't it have been funny if he somehow lost? :p


    Here's the vote count:

    McCain 587,210 73%
    Paul 128,483 16%
    Huckabee 91,430 11%
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  • Jzacur
    Jzacur Posts: 64
    Paul is from the Pittsburgh area and went to school on the other side of the state in Gettysburg that and his signs were all over western PA.
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  • beachdweller
    beachdweller Posts: 1,532
    not sure if it means much, but it was interesting, and yes, Ron Paul's ties to the state help dilute the numbers.
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