On a Hopeful Note: 12% of Republicans in NH REJECTED DUMBYA!

 
Name
Party
Votes
Pct
Delegates


George W. Bush (i) GOP 24,750 87.6% 32

 
John Kerry(WI) Dem 403 1.4% 0

 
John Buchanan GOP 370 1.3% 0

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Good riddance to Dumbya.

There's no significance to it. Ornery doesn't begin to describe them. Just like Iowa stubbornness. When push comes to shove, they'll vote for the shrubbery.

I am startled that Clark did so poorly, though. NH is right up his alley. Although now that the RIF has taken out the bases, perhaps the jingoism has lessened.

BC won NH twice. It has always been rough territory for the Bush clan. The old man was ambushed by Bucahnan there in '92 and The Illegitimate Son got trounced by McCain in '00. Gore barely lost it in the '00 GE. NH is a state the Dems cn win.

In New Hampshire, one can register to vote the day of voting. A portion of the 8% of Republicans who wrote in a Democrat may have been confused first-time voters who haven't figured out the futility of voting for a Democrat in the Republican primary. However, comparing the 8% figure the 0.05% who wrote in Bush as their preferred nomination the Democratic primary, one can surmise that careless first-time voters were 160 times as likely to register Republican as Democrat. Or that Republicans in NH are 160 times as likely to be dissatisfied with the candidates on their party's ticket than are NH Democrats. That the reality is almost surely a combination of both is no condolence to what Republican party bosses surely see as a disaster.

Also interesting are the exit poll data. Compare Howard Dean and John Kerry on the "More Important to Your Vote" question: an equal percentage (29%) of people who thought issues were more important than being able to beat Bush voted for Kerry or Dean. But 4 times as many who's primary concern was finding someone to beat Bush voted for Kerry (56%) than Dean (14%). The only one that comes a bit closer to Kerry on the question is Clark. It's clear that Kerry was the preferred candidate for those in NH who primarily want Bush out.

Imagine twice that percentage of the undecideds voting Democrat. That would be awesome...

thanks for helping me not to forget the big picture. :)

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John Kerry(WI) Dem 1,420 2.3%
Howard Dean (WI) Dem 974 1.5%
Wesley Clark(WI) Dem 851 1.4%
John Edwards(WI) Dem 808 1.3%
Joe Lieberman(WI) Dem 511 0.8%
Dennis Kucinich(WI) Dem 28 0.0%
Carol Moseley Braun(WI) Dem 15 0.0% 0
Dick Gephardt(WI) Dem 14 0.0%
Al Sharpton(WI) Dem 11 0.0%

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(on edit, I forgot to include Braun's 15 votes!)