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Algorem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:33 AM Original message |
Race played an intriguing role in Ohio primary |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
1. I wonder what the age |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. God, I hope it's only the elderly...nt |
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bjb (97 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
71. Believe it or not |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:55 AM Response to Reply #1 |
17. they should have explained what color the exit poller was. nt |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
2. But why Ohio? |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:52 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I don't understand either. In the 80s there were two strong dem senators |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:06 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I'm not from Ohio but my BIL is. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:47 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. How does that account for Ken Blackwell winning statewide before |
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Maeve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:05 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. He only won among Repubs voting in the primary |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:17 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. But wasn't previously elected state wide as sec of state? |
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Maeve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:31 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Yes, twice |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:49 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Yes but he was the R, and Rs will vote for anything with an R, conditioned by Fox & Limpballs |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:47 AM Response to Reply #15 |
25. It doesn't. |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:10 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Blackwell was elected at a time when only Rs had a chance in that state, |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:17 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Question for you ... |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:26 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Reagan & Rush happened, the GOP is really good at branding, then GOP corruption... |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:31 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. There was also a black GOP candidate running against Bayh in Indiana |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:52 AM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Isn't IN all GOP? Interesting factoid, in IN punch cards have the precinct punched, in OH the punch |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:00 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Indiana is interesting |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #46 |
57. Of couse I should have used Had as punchcards are gone but '04 was punch cards in OH |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:20 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Those are both good points. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:13 AM Response to Reply #25 |
34. Believe it or not... |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #34 |
42. Don't worry Salin, you have an inquiring mind so you'll figure it out if that can be done. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:51 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. I have to disagree per "most of the crossover vote" being mischief, |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:01 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. That theory can be tested by party affiliation trends. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:05 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. And if that "explanation" for the vote outcome gets washed out |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:54 AM Response to Reply #48 |
54. My head hurts. |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:16 AM Response to Reply #9 |
35. The Klan is active in a LOT of states. |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:49 AM Response to Reply #35 |
43. You know, that must be so. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 02:30 AM Response to Reply #9 |
67. The Klan's active everywhere |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:07 AM Response to Reply #6 |
31. Reagan convinced whites that hating poor people was OK, and the D partty was cast as synonymous with |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:35 AM Response to Reply #31 |
41. Could be that economic insecurity was felt more severly |
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Maeve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:54 AM Response to Reply #41 |
55. You might have something there, salin |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. cool about your Mom |
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Maeve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Depends on the part of Ohio |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
59. Really insightful analysis. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
70. I agree with your analysis. Without having access to actual data, |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. southern ohio |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:11 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. pretty ignorant analogy "you have been told" there |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:23 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. just passing along what I've been told from an Ohio resident |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:14 AM Response to Reply #22 |
50. no prob.... her opinion of "West Siders vs East SIders" is understandable |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #22 |
52. Are we going to go at this AGAIN? |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #20 |
51. He's always throwing that elitist B.S. out at every opportunity |
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lark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
68. Desperate people |
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EmperorHasNoClothes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
4. What they need to ask |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:59 AM Response to Reply #4 |
28. For instance I am a white Obama backer for 2 reasons, charisma is unbeatable in my view & race,... |
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lark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #28 |
69. Funny, I look at the exact same demographics, yet |
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Ned_Devine (996 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
5. I'm not from Ohio... |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
63. I don't it's so much as a cross section as it is a bellwhether |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
7. Here's the article at a website that doesn't make you sign up to read more. |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
8. Consider that 'pugs were instructed to vote for Hillary Clinton |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:36 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Good theory. |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #8 |
30. Also exit pollers do not know if they are asking a real D or a crossover R... |
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Cassandra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
11. As I've said before... |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:23 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. But why is racism so often denied? |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
16. exit polls should replace actual polls. Isn't that the real story with this article? |
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FreeStateDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
18. "Meanwhile, blacks voted almost unanimously for Obama." Double sided sword cuts both ways. |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:02 AM Response to Reply #18 |
29. African americans are our most loyal voters, BUT they do rightly complain of being taken for granted |
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A Brand New World (803 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
24. As an Ohioan, I can tell you racism is alive and will definitely |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:12 AM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Yes but if the choice is between a McSame economy or populist economy do you really |
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A Brand New World (803 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:15 PM Response to Reply #33 |
61. I think they just won't vote at all. I'm not saying it's right, I'm just |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
27. The money quote is right here: "many of the white male voters for Clinton - and many of the voters |
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williesgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
40. I'm originally from OH, though moved 25 yrs ago. Still have family/friends there. Racism is |
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taliesin (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
49. I have lived in Ohio my entire life. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:34 PM Response to Reply #49 |
65. terribly disconcerting |
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RaRa (705 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
53. I grew up in Ohio and left in '90 |
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dansolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
56. I wonder if this was because he is black, or because some thought he was a Muslim |
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fshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
60. It will take |
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calicat (91 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
62. As did gener, I'm sure |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
64. I live in Ohio. |
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Windex (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
66. 16,000 Republicans in Cuyahoga crossed over and voted Democratic in primary |
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