OK I just don't understand ....

[littlewolf]

KY - running unopposed only 57.9 percent of the vote 42 percent UNCOMMITTED

The President of the United States .. running unopposed ... 42 percent uncommitted

in Ark. the President takes like 60 percent of the vote and some guy
names Wolfe get 40 percent ...

WV a convict gets about 40% ... NC 20 percent vote no preference ...
WTF ....

I am not buying racism not totally ....

the only thing I can think of is the people wanted to vote down ticket
knew President Obama was the only viable candidate
and just marked the box and got to the races were people were
in contests ...

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Wolfe runs every cycle and this year he ran to overturn 'ObamaCare'.

That plays well in rural Arkansas where the average income is like $29,103 and 40% have no health insurance. Only gawd knows why.

[littlewolf]

2. ah.. 40 percent have health insurance this means

that 60 percent do not ... and he is running to
overturn something that 60 percent of people
do NOT have ... and he gets 40 percent of the
fricking VOTE .... ooohh my head hurts and
it is still early .... logic ... must apply logic ...

[WI_DEM]

3. you sure have a lot of concern threads in politics 2012

did you know that Obama has never been popular in WVA, KY & Arkansas--not even in 2008.

[littlewolf]

4. I knew that

he didn't do well in Ark ...
but WV is hard blue .. has been as long as I can remember
and KY is usually blue ...

If the President was running opposed
I could understand it .... people making choices ...
but he is unopposed ... why would someone
vote no preference ....

[grantcart]

11. WV is not hard blue, they are their own shade of blue

When it comes to race or same sex marriage or environmental legislation you would be hard pressed to find a redder red.

[littlewolf]

12. I was speaking about support

of a Democratic candidate .....

[SoutherDem]

5. Southern Democrats

You are not buying racism, well sorry but I do.

I see it daily. I live in a Southern Red State so Democrats are like an endangered species anyway. But, I see those who would otherwise be wholeheartedly supporting the Democratic Nominee or President have reservations for President Obama. Most will vote for Obama in November, but for the primary they wanted to let it be known he is not their favorite.

Why call it racism? It is the only real difference between Obama and the other Democrats they supported in the past.

[EC]

6. Maybe repubs voting in dems primary

because they are trying to embarrass Obama? Doesn't really matter if they vote in their own primary because they'll likely vote for whoever wins anyway.

[littlewolf]

7. that could be ....

NC is a closed primary .... but I don't know about the others ...

and amendment 1 was one of the driving factors in that voting ..
so people might not have cared and voted no preference then
and voted on the amendment ...

[surrealAmerican]

9. This was my assumption.

It's republicans just trying to make the president look bad, since their primary's already been decided anyway.

[Arkana]

8. It's racism, pure and simple.

A lot of conservadems who can't stand the fact that he's black are voting in "protest".

He still got more votes in Kentucky than Mitt Romney did.

[Thrill]

10. I think I'll go with the racism reason

Check the exit polls etc from those states in the 08 Election

[cyberswede]

13. There may be some on the left...

voting "uncommitted" as a statement. That happened in Iowa - voters knew their vote wouldn't affect Obama being the nominee (since he's a shoo-in), and they wanted to to make their voices heard in a way that won't jeopardize Obama's chances I the general. A vast majority of these voters will go for Obama in November.