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SunsetDreams

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26. McCain won BOTH Kentucky and Arkansas in 2008

Reply to cali (Reply #8)

Wed May 23, 2012, 02:50 PM

May 2012

http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/president/map.html

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Obama loses 40 percent of the primary vote in Arkansas, Kentucky [View all] cali May 2012 OP

Damn! Alabama AND Kentucky are against him? MrSlayer May 2012 #1

Seriously.... YoungDemCA May 2012 #2

democrats in Kentucky Arkansas or against him. cali May 2012 #8

Well, remember that Arkansas has an open BlueToTheBone May 2012 #9

Democrats in Kentucky and Arkansas would be Republicans in any other state. Arkana May 2012 #17

I think that is a bit unfair to call them all rascist.n/t hrmjustin May 2012 #35

Anyone who doesn't support Obama can be called a racist. hughee99 May 2012 #39

I was not only a supporter I worked on her campain so i remember. hrmjustin May 2012 #40

I agree completely hughee99 May 2012 #41

Pardon me, but I'm a Democrat in Kentucky, and I'd be a Democrat anywhere. Bake May 2012 #42

You said it Puzzledtraveller May 2012 #18

Democrats are against him??! He has a 90% approval rating with Dems. FarLeftFist May 2012 #19

Post removed Post removed May 2012 #20

Ya...Some Democrats in Kentucky and Arkansas are against him Cali_Democrat May 2012 #25

McCain won BOTH Kentucky and Arkansas in 2008 SunsetDreams May 2012 #26

I know, some people here are in lala land and think that... hrmjustin May 2012 #34

"Romney can win" SunsetDreams May 2012 #36

Yep. in 2008 both voted something like 60-40 for gramps n2doc May 2012 #13

they would love him wilt the stilt May 2012 #3

But only until his eligibility ran out. nt auburngrad82 May 2012 #6

Obama won 57 percent malaise May 2012 #4

He did, yes dems_rightnow May 2012 #5

Did Rmoney win 50% of the vote in any states outside of the South or Utah? n/t malaise May 2012 #11

Yes former9thward May 2012 #38

yes cali May 2012 #7

Yes in all three of these states he did.n/t hrmjustin May 2012 #37

And mittens loses 33% of the primary vote in these same states to people who have dropped out n2doc May 2012 #10

So what does it mean? Generic Other May 2012 #12

To be fair, how many Dems came out to vote in that primary? Marrah_G May 2012 #14

There is nothing 'fair' about sitting home on election day. Bluenorthwest May 2012 #22

Where in my post did I say I thought it was okay to not vote? Marrah_G May 2012 #23

Oh no! ... Stupid people in crazyland voted against Obama!!!! JoePhilly May 2012 #15

he's got it locked up....point is moot spanone May 2012 #16

And KY has a Democratic Governor... kentuck May 2012 #21

Is this a closed primary state? Marcia Brady May 2012 #24

Closed primary in KY louisvilleoutlaw May 2012 #28

Liberal in KY here. Just wanna say 'sorry'. louisvilleoutlaw May 2012 #27

Thank you. That adds a hell of a lot of context to this OMG headline. Bucky May 2012 #30

This message was self-deleted by its author obamanut2012 May 2012 #29

I don't understand...he LOST 40%...does that mean he WON 60%? Sheepshank May 2012 #31

Yes, he won... louisvilleoutlaw May 2012 #32

but he probably never planned to win either one (didn't in '08) SoCalDem May 2012 #33