Obama Nearly Loses to Inmate in WV Primary

• DeadliestWarrior34

  

  I'm not sure if this should be in the Politics section or not, but I'd like for more than ten people to actually read it so...
  
  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2141657/Texas-INMATE-gets-40-cent-votes-Obama-West-Virginia-primary.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
  

  Just how unpopular is President Obama in some parts of the country? Enough that a man in a Texas prison received four out of 10 votes in West Virginia's Democratic presidential primary.
  Inmate Keith Judd, 53, is serving 17 years for extortion at the Beaumont Federal Correctional Institution. He was sentenced in 1999 for making threats against the University of New Mexico and is due to be released on June 24 next year.
  
  With 93 per cent of precincts reporting, Obama was receiving just under 60 per cent of the vote to Judd's 40 per cent.

• Iliketurtles

  

  Lol that is awesome. I would have voted for the dude in prison.
• said_aouita

  

  He effin got 17 years for extortion?! What the eff man.....that's jacked up.
• gut

  Why in the world would you threaten the Univ. of New Mexico?
  
  Ironically, if he had just waited for Obama to be elected the gubmit probably would have given him the money he was trying to extort.
• DeadliestWarrior34

  

  lol
  

  Education: Member of the Federation of Super Heroes, 1976-1982

• Sonofanump

  A West Virginian is sentenced in Texas for treating a University in New Mexico? Makes sense. I'd vote for him over BHO also.
• Curly J

  

  
  
  Is he thinking Dat Ass.
• DeadliestWarrior34

  

  Curly J;1167305 wrote:
  
  Is he thinking Dat Ass.

  
• Scarlet_Buckeye

  

  This really isn't that impressive or insulting. West Virginia is nothing but a bunch of inbreds. I wouldn't expect anyone from that sorry state to make an educated decision.
• said_aouita

  

  gut;1167260 wrote:Why in the world would you threaten the Univ. of New Mexico?
  

  It has to do with Roswell, man. You weren't there.
  
  
  
• Sykotyk

  

  First, WV appears to be an open primary. Given that Romney is already guaranteed that he wins the Republican nomination and the sitting president is virtually guaranteed to win his nomination for reelection, it makes sense that angry Republicans would cross the aisle to vote in the Democratic primary that means nothing and voted for "not Obama". The same would happen if a sea sponge ran against GW Bush in 2004 if Kerry had already locked up the Democratic nomination by the time that state's primary came up.
• DeadliestWarrior34

  

  Sykotyk;1167409 wrote:First, WV appears to be an open primary. Given that Romney is already guaranteed that he wins the Republican nomination and the sitting president is virtually guaranteed to win his nomination for reelection, it makes sense that angry Republicans would cross the aisle to vote in the Democratic primary that means nothing and voted for "not Obama". The same would happen if a sea sponge ran against GW Bush in 2004 if Kerry had already locked up the Democratic nomination by the time that state's primary came up.

  
  I think it was only Democrats.
• superman

  Sykotyk;1167409 wrote:First, WV appears to be an open primary. Given that Romney is already guaranteed that he wins the Republican nomination and the sitting president is virtually guaranteed to win his nomination for reelection, it makes sense that angry Republicans would cross the aisle to vote in the Democratic primary that means nothing and voted for "not Obama". The same would happen if a sea sponge ran against GW Bush in 2004 if Kerry had already locked up the Democratic nomination by the time that state's primary came up.

  WV has a closed primary as far as Democrats and Republicans are concerned. Independents and members of minor parties can vote in whichever primary they want.
• Sykotyk

  

  superman;1167426 wrote:WV has a closed primary as far as Democrats and Republicans are concerned. Independents and members of minor parties can vote in whichever primary they want.

  Semi-closed. As in closed primaries, registered party members can vote only in their own party's primary. Semi-closed systems, however, allow unaffiliated voters to participate as well. Depending on the state, independents either make their choice of party primary privately, inside the voting booth, or publicly, by registering with any party on Election Day. Fifteen states -- Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming -- have semi-closed primaries that allow voters to register or change party preference on election day.[3] [4]
  
  ....
  
  There are also mixed systems in use. In West Virginia, where state law allows parties to determine whether primaries are open to independents, Republican primaries are open to independents, while Democratic primaries were closed. However, as of April 1, 2007, West Virginia's Democratic Party opened its voting to allow "individuals who are not affiliated with any existing recognized party to participate in the election process".

  According to the secretary of state's office, there are 1,226,545 eligible voters in West Virginia. Though the state has traditionally been a conservative bastion, there are more Democrats than Republicans, with 640,888 (52.25%) registered Democrat; 352,304 (28.72%) Republicans; 1,286 (.10%) Mountain Party, and 210,562 (17.17%) with no party affiliation. There are 21,505 (1.75%) registered with another political party.

  http://www.policymic.com/articles/8057/west-virginia-primary-results-live-mitt-romney-defeats-ron-paul
  
  17% of the electorate is unaffiliated, and can vote in any primary they choose.
  
  http://apps.sos.wv.gov/elections/results/results.aspx?year=2012&eid=8&county=Statewide
  
  The democratic primary has over 50,000 more votes than the Republican primary. In a primary that has absolutely zero bearing on the actual election (at least the Republican result could factor into possible running mates). Obama has 76k votes, while Judd has 57k. Meanwhile in the Repub. primary, Romney has 58k.
  
  As of 2008, WV had 1.18 million registered voters. Just 17% of that total would be over 200,000 voters who are unaffiliated and can vote for either primary. That alone is almost more voters than actually voted in the primaries (based on current returns).
  
  Two primaries that meant absolutely squat to either party were conducted at a great expense to a state that has no say in the nomination of who would become on the ballot.
  
  Edit: There's also the fact that while WV residents have traditionally been liberal fiscally, they've been staunch social conservatives and have switched over in the past decade to voting Republican to side with the social issues while forgoing any interest in standing up for their fiscal concerns. This means, probably, that many WV residents are originally registered Democrat and may have probably just neglected to ever update their voter registration to be either independent or Republican. And therefore can still vote in a Democratic primary as they may still be registered Democrats.... the so-called DINOs. Democrats-in-Name-Only.
• gut

  I think the surprising thing about this is apparently there are 4 Democrats in this country that actually do have a brain :laugh:
• Curly J

  

  DeadliestWarrior34;1167316 wrote:

  
  Looks like he was...again...and I'm hoping it wasn't Michelle's.
• cruiser_96

  

  gut;1167611 wrote:I think the surprising thing about this is apparently there are 4 Democrats in this country that actually do have a brain :laugh:

  Useless without pictures...
• martyirish

  

  the guy in prison probably has more integrity
• Rotinaj

  

  martyirish;1167739 wrote:the guy in prison probably has more integrity

  Doubt it.
• Little Danny

  

  Well, the one thing they have in common is they flip-flopped on the issue of gay marriage. Obama flipped this past week and the guy in WV did the same when he went to prison.
  
• bigdaddy2003

  

  Little Danny;1167848 wrote:Well, the one thing they have in common is they flip-flopped on the issue of gay marriage. Obama flipped this past week and the guy in WV did the same when he went to prison.
  

  He evolved on the issue Little Danny. Come on now. :laugh:
• Heretic

  

  gut;1167611 wrote:I think the surprising thing about this is apparently there are 4 Democrats in this country that actually do have a brain :laugh:

  So they outnumber Republicans in the country 4-3?
• QuakerOats

  So the inmate got 40%; which begs the question, what is wrong with the other 60%?