Will white male conservatives vote for Kerry in November?

[bluestateguy]

I'm talking about white male conservatives, who listen to talk radio, fly the confederate flag, dislike gays, blacks, Hispanics and Muslims. White male conservaties, who want to bomb any nation that crosses the US to rubble, and spend trillions on weapons and bombs. White male conservatives, who piss, moan, whine and complain about taxes, no matter how low they go. White male conservatives, who never much liked the idea of women in the workplace or in the military, and favor an outright ban on all aborton. White male conservatives, who think God has chosen George W. Bush for the presidency.

Can John Kerry win votes from these people in November?

;)

[KissMyAsscroft]

1. Hopefully those people won't vote at all...

nt

[sallyseven]

Most likely not

They won't vote democrat at all.

[sallyseven]

3. Most likely not

They won't vote democrat at all.

[dansolo]

23. They might vote for Bush because Kerry is the nominee

Kerry is exactly the type of liberal candidate that the GOP has been feasting on with their Southern strategy. Even though people may be disappointed with Bush, to them he might be viewed as the lesser of two evils.

[aquart]

2. The question is, will they vote for George?

They voted for him last time. He hasn't acquired any new votes (unless you know of any). Will he keep the ones he had?

I say they're dropping like flies.

[arewethereyet]

4. they will roll their eyes at Kerry and vote for George in droves

as always.

[otohara]

5. If They Vote With Their Brain

vs their heart

[DuctapeFatwa]

6. That's your mainstream, average voter. Some of them are mad at bush

right now because they don't understand that his "guest worker program" is a vaporware scheme for getting some disposable soldiers for crusade expansion.

A lot of them also feel that the government hasn't done all it could to root out sleeper cells and suspected sympathizers of terrorist causes right here in the US, and they would like to see Washington take a tougher stand on stamping out anti-American sentiment.

They are ripe for the picking, all Kerry or any candidate has to do is make plain their resolve to address these issues.

[spooky3]

7. well, McLaughlin claimed Republicans would vote for Edwards

because of his Southern accent (he really did say that on his show this AM), but I don't know how much stock to put in that! :-)

[mlawson]

13. Yeah, right, whatever.

Either McLaughlin was making a poor joke, or he is losing it. No repuke president has ever had a Southern accent. And no, GWB doesn't, either.

[spooky3]

16. maybe his point was that a number of Republicans voted for Clinton

and Carter before him, enabling them to win.

[YouMustBeKiddingMe]

8. You are describing die hard Bush supporters

No, they won't vote for Kerry. None of the Democratic candidates would even waste time going after this freeper demographic. These are died in the wool Republicans.

[Carolina]

21. but there are repukes

who feel "at least when that bastard Clinton was president, I had a job ..."

Some of those types will crossover because they're mad at Bush. But they will only cross the line for the right guy and that perosn is not Kerry. Clark, yes; Edwards, yes (he sounds like us and grew up in a milltown ...).

[mlawson]

9. If they wouldn't vote for Gore, why would

they vote for Kerry??? The types mentioned in the original post, they are so extreme that if they vote at all, it will be for bush. Forget them, they are not available to us.

But 'white males' who are not extreme, and maybe not even political, they are available to us, if we nominate the right candidate. One they feel they can ID with at a personal level.

[spooky3]

10. maybe we could schedule a day long Super Bowl on election day

and keep them on their couches. Just kidding! I like football too.

I wish I were wrong, but I don't think anyone except Arnold running as a Democrat could win their votes for the Dems.

[Leilani]

11. Quite Simply, No

My family is filled with them, & they won't.

I had a very long discussion with my son, who is very liberal socially, but militarily & fiscally more moderate. He also lived in North Carolina for 4 years, & when I discussed Kerry with him, he just laughed & laughed.

Of all the conservative guys I know, they will either vote for Bush, stay home, or vote Indy.

This is one of the reasons I have not been too enthused about Kerry.

[Leilani]

15. I Should Add

I'm not talking Freeper types who hate everyone & are biased.

I'm talking former vets who consider themselves Repubs or Indys, & are fiscally conservative. They are not religious fanatics, either, but most are more conservative socially than Dems.

[zulchzulu]

12. Yes

If they are vets, absolutely. If they are sick of Bush's lies, absolutely. If they are moderates, absolutely.

Actually you are lumping "white male conservatives" into a convenient stereotype.

[windansea]

14. probly not

:dem:

[bain_sidhe]

17. No, they'll come out to vote AGAINST Kerry in Nov.

Now, if the Democratic candidate was somebody like, oh, f'rinstance, some good ole soldier-boy like Wes Clark (jus' for an example, you understand) they might just stay home, not being all riled up about defending the great state (sic) of 'Murka from the evil libruls.

;)

[Hippo_Tron]

19. Wes Clark seems to makes gun control more of an issue than Kerry...

That might scare away the far right.

[molly]

18. I know many white male conservatives that are DEMS -

they are mostly professional and well educated - and, yes, they will vote for Kerry.

[Carolina]

22. wrong

I'm a physician working in academic medicine among southern, conservative white males with Ph.D and M.D. after they're names. They vote GOP, I guess because of the tax/big gov't issue that the GOP has used so effectively.

They know all too well how I feel and several have admitted to me that they would/could vote for a Dem this time because of some disenchantment with Bush. Most have been leaning toward Clark and a few toward Lieberman (gag) but not one has mentioned Kerry other than to say that he reminded them of Gore whom they couldn't stand :shrug:

[Hippo_Tron]

20. Maybe if they are out of work...

And Kerry finds away to particularly appeal to these people. My theory is that the way to win the far right is to appeal to them in some way that doesn't involve social issues. If we can tell them that we support what really affects their lives then we might get their votes.