Obama beats a federal prisoner by less than 20% in the West Virginia D. Primary.

[Eraserhead]

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/05/federal-inmate-keith-judd-receiving-sizable-percent-of-vote-in-west-virginia-democratic-primary/

Surely this result won't surprise too many here but still, lol.

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Did this guy literally get 40% just because he was the only other name on the ballot, or did he actually do something to get the 40%?

[mondale84]

LOL West Virginia "Democrats"

[cinyc]

So far, Obama lost Boone, Clay, Gilmer, Hardy, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Tucker, Webster and Wyoming Counties.  Still not much love for Obama in Appalachia.  

Meanwhile, Romney had his best showing of the night in West Virginia, nearly cracking 70%.  Anyone who thinks Romney will be a horrible candidate for West Virginia is wrong.  Romney's most important qualification is that he's not Obama.  If a federal inmate could get 40% against Obama in a Democratic primary, I'd be shocked if Romney doesn't win West Virginia by double digits.

[Eraserhead]

Did this guy literally get 40% just because he was the only other name on the ballot, or did he actually do something to get the 40%?

He was born with white skin, which experts believe gave him about a 37 point bump.

[LiberalJunkie]

Wow desperate much West Virginia?

[Napoleon]

These are the people Snowstalker wants Democrats to cater to.

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Did this guy literally get 40% just because he was the only other name on the ballot, or did he actually do something to get the 40%?

He was born with white skin, which experts believe gave him about a 37 point bump.

So did anyone know anything about him other then he was white? At least some of Obama's other opponents had a little more information that voters could go on.

[Adam Griffin]

Jesus Christ. Looks like any people saying Romney would do poorly in West Virginia in the general should re-evaluate. Romney simultaneously did better in WV than IN & NC.

[cinyc]

Did this guy literally get 40% just because he was the only other name on the ballot, or did he actually do something to get the 40%?

He was born with white skin, which experts believe gave him about a 37 point bump.

So did anyone know anything about him other then he was white?

I'm not even sure if they knew that.  But they did know that he's not Obama, which is all that really matters.  Obama's not all that popular in Appalachia, especially coal country.

[mondale84]

Obama lost Boone, Clay, Gilmer, Hardy, Logan, Mingo, Webster and Wyoming Counties.  Still not much love for Obama in Appalachia.  

Meanwhile, Romney had his best showing of the night in West Virginia, nearly cracking 70%.  Anyone who thinks Romney will be a horrible candidate for West Virginia is wrong.  Romney's most important qualification is that he's not Obama.  If a federal inmate could get 40% against Obama in a Democratic primary, I'd be shocked if Romney doesn't win West Virginia by double digits.

This is exactly why WV is a joke "state"

[Alcon]

Haha, Judd is at 63% in Mingo County.

[LiberalJunkie]

Haha, Judd is at 63% in Mingo County.

It was Obama's worst county in the 2008 West Virginia Primary not even getting 8%.

[Frodo]

If West Virginia goes Republican, and not just at the presidential level, I would have only two words to offer to our West Virginia Dixiecrat friends -good riddance!  They're a better fit in the GOP than they ever were as Democrats.  They ought to join the rest of the South and finally make their long-delayed realignment. 

[mondale84]

Obama isn't winning a single county in November.

[bgwah]

If you look at the raw vote totals, Judd actually has more votes than Romney (who is close to 70% in the R primary). haha.

If you combine the two parties in Mingo County, we get:

57.6% Judd
35.2% Obama
5.1% Romney

Obviously this isn't terribly meaningful given registration differences, etc... but some smart ass always has to chime in so I feel obligated to add this disclaimer to preemptively shut them up.

[ajb]

If you look at the raw vote totals, Judd actually has more votes than Romney (who is close to 70% in the R primary). haha.

If you combine the two parties in Mingo County, we get:

57.6% Judd
35.2% Obama
5.1% Romney

Obviously this isn't terribly meaningful given registration differences, etc... but some smart ass always has to chime in so I feel obligated to add this disclaimer to preemptively shut them up.

To be fair, statewide Judd currently has just under 70 000 votes, while Romney is just under 73 000. Obama is just over 102 000. So Romney's ahead by a nose.

[cinyc]

Obama isn't winning a single county in November.

Probably not.  He won 7 counties in 2008, including Morgantown's (WVU) Monongalia, Jefferson in the Eastern Panhandle and some Southern West Virginia counties that have voted Democratic for decades.  My guess is he'll still win a few counties.  It will be interesting to see if the coal country holdouts that voted for Obama in 2008 flip this time, given Obama's anti-coal policies. 

[Wisconsin+17]

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I now have KA, AK, NE, ND, SD, OK, ID, UT, WY and WV as the only state that Mitt wins east of the Mississippi.

[old timey villain]

He'll probably lose Boone county

[Averroës Nix]

Thread title is obvious anti-Obama trolling. Judd isn't just any federal prisoner; he's a former member of the Federation of Superheroes!

http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel.html

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[Brittain33]

Um. Of course Romney's going to win WV easily, but his doing well today reflects more on how tiny and united the WV Republican party is than how much love the nominal Dem who is the median voter has for Romney.

[Eraserhead]

Thread title is obvious anti-Obama trolling. Judd isn't just any federal prisoner; he's a former member of the Federation of Superheroes!

http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel.html

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Alright, this guy actually sounds pretty cool.

[Tender Branson]

There's still an additional state that might join OK and WV:

Arkansas

There's not only "Uncommitted" on the ballot, but also John Wolfe.

Obama might get only 50-60% here as well.

[Napoleon]

Check this out.

Favorite food: I forgot.

http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/15574