Ohio Primary Election 2008
I'm not one to know this type of thing normally, but I spoke to a person who worked the polls and according to my source, there were not enough ballots for the numbers of people who showed up to vote in the Democratic primaries in Clermont County, Ohio (where I live) and there were lots of people standing in line who were waiting for hours for ballots - some even in the morning. The residents of this Republican area were extremely interested in voting for the Democratic primaries.
In Clermont County, Clinton received 61% of the vote and Obama only 38%.
The reason?
Most of the Republicans were probably voting in the Democratic primaries in order to prevent Obama from becoming President. There were people who openly said they were there "to make sure that black man doesn't get voted in to office." One of my friends had guessed that the reason the Republicans registered Dem and voted for Clinton was because they think she's less likely to defeat McCain and that Obama actually could. My wish is that most of the voters were not racist and that they were intelligent enough to think through things to the level my friend surmised. Or even better, that they really wanted Clinton in office. Probably the truth is that there were people who fit into all those categories.
OK, so our election system is a farce and the President is only a puppet, but it still matters, you know?
In Clermont County, Clinton received 61% of the vote and Obama only 38%.
The reason?
Most of the Republicans were probably voting in the Democratic primaries in order to prevent Obama from becoming President. There were people who openly said they were there "to make sure that black man doesn't get voted in to office." One of my friends had guessed that the reason the Republicans registered Dem and voted for Clinton was because they think she's less likely to defeat McCain and that Obama actually could. My wish is that most of the voters were not racist and that they were intelligent enough to think through things to the level my friend surmised. Or even better, that they really wanted Clinton in office. Probably the truth is that there were people who fit into all those categories.
OK, so our election system is a farce and the President is only a puppet, but it still matters, you know?