Wednesday, May 23, 2012

More Than 40% Of Democratic Voters In Arkansas And Kentucky Say No To Obama

Barack Obama's unpopularity among some Democratic voters showed up again in yesterday's primaries in Arkansas and Kentucky. A little known Tennessee attorney, John Wolfe, won 41% of the vote in Arkansas and carried more than half of the state's counties in a head-to-head race with Obama. The Obama campaign had spent heavily in Arkansas in recent days to avoid an embarrassing showing in the Tarheel State. In Kentucky where Obama faced no opponent, 42% of the state's voters chose "Uncommitted" over Obama. Ouch!

5 comments:

Ellen said...

Rednecks aren't known for their political savvy, Gary.

Gary R. Welsh said...

These are Democratic voters, Ellen. In southern states, African-Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the people casting votes in Democratic primaries. Besides, I thought the rednecks have all moved over to the Republican Party--at least according to the liberal meme.

Downtown Indy said...

Did you mean 'crackers', Ellen?

Ellen said...

Crackers are Florida rednecks.

Marycatherine Barton said...

The origin of the word "redneck" refers to the color of the neck of white people who work in the sun. Working class white people.

Cracker is a racial slur for white people, poor and Southern whites especially. According to wikipedia, historians point out the term originally referred to the strong English and Scots-Irish farmers of the back country (as opposed to the wealthy planters of the seacoast).

Ellen, Ellen, Ellen!