Racially motivated voting ran somewhat higher than elsewhere: In preliminary exit poll results two in 10 whites said the race of the candidate was a factor in their vote, second only to Mississippi. Only a third of those voters said they'd support Obama against John McCain, fewer than in other primaries where the question's been asked.
Indeed, as noted, among all West Virginia primary voters, only about half said they'd support Obama vs. McCain, far fewer than elsewhere and one of many signs of antipathy toward Obama in the state.
This, of course, means nothing. But we also know the Clinton's will spin this thing like a top.
It looks like this defeat for Obama had much more to do with the color of his skin then anything about his character or policies. I am sure that in West Virginia the Reverend Wright debacle is often repeated as well as the "fact" that Obama is in reality a Muslim.
I am fairly sure that Barack will never be successful in securing the "redneck vote" no matter how charismatic he is.
6-6 brought up an another interesting factor- maybe the Internet....
ReplyDelete( but I think you blogged the main issue- and an issue that Hill played to the max...horrible ..)
thank you for saying what the media is Still dancing around...