Has Hillary won the majority of Independent support in any of primarys?

TeamJordan23

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Sat Feb-09-08 01:57 PM
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Has Hillary won the majority of Independent support in any of primarys?

If Hillary is going to have trouble winning Independent support, she will likely have zero to little chance at beating John McCain. In the general election, both sides will eventually end up voting along party lines for their candidate. So this race, like all recent ones, will come down to who can get Independent support. And so far, Hillary has not been able to attract many.

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maddiejoan

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Sat Feb-09-08 01:58 PM
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1. You are assuming what?

That if Obama isn't the nominee then McCain will get every single Indie voter?

That's a pretty bizarre theory.

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Lucinda

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Sat Feb-09-08 02:08 PM
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2. Yep - per CNN:

Edited on Sat Feb-09-08 02:10 PM by wlucinda

56% to Obamas 32% in AR
http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/epolls/index.html#ARDEM

54% to Obamas 42% in MA
http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/epolls/index.html#MADEM

40% to Obamas 30% in Florida
http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/epolls/index.html#FLDEM

And his leads aren't always big either:
Obama by only 3% in NJ
Obama by only 4 % in TN

There may be others...I go tired of looking them up :)

http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/

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ShadowLiberal

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Sat Feb-09-08 02:09 PM
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4. AR is no surprise, it's Hillary's home state

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Lucinda

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Sat Feb-09-08 02:11 PM
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5. No it isn't. She lived there with Bill but not since the early 90's

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ShadowLiberal

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Sat Feb-09-08 02:08 PM
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3. No idea, maybe in a big state?

I'm honestly not sure if she's ever beaten Obama among independents, I know her people have bragged about winning young voters by a slim margin in two states (CA/MA) while getting creamed in the others. I would imagine a big state with more poor people might be the place where you stand the best chance of finding Hillary winning the independent vote over Obama.

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Lucinda

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Sat Feb-09-08 02:13 PM
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6. I listed three in my post above.

There may be more...I stopped looking. Dial up is sloooow. :)

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skipos

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Sat Feb-09-08 02:35 PM
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7. Who cares?

All that matters are the Dukakis states! We should all rally around a candidate who can get no more than 200 electoral votes!
:woohoo:

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