34% of Democrats say they plan to vote for Paul in Kentucky

[bigdarryl]

They ain't democrats no way a real democrat votes for this idiot. http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/

[Lifelong Protester]

1. Why is ANYONE voting for him, I'd like to know.

[OHdem10]

2. Someone is blowing smoke..

[ProSense]

4. Either that or

Democratic voters are just as confused as the idiotic blue dogs.

[rury]

5. I hope that's wrong but it's likely right

Kentucky is a very conservative state and those rightwingers include a lot of nominal "Democrats."

[ProSense]

3. And

people think the problem with the Party is Ben Nelson.

In the end Rand Paul did not have any trouble reunifying his party after the Republican primary- GOP voters are going for him by an 88-8 margin. Conway meanwhile is bleeding Democratic support. He's getting only 61% of the vote from his own party while a full 34% say they plan to vote for Paul. Paul also has a 48-40 advantage with independents.

They get what they deserve.

[bigdarryl]

6. look at it on the bright side he at least isn't for WAR maybe he can

help push Obama to get the hell out of there

[ProSense]

8. Bright side?

Rand Paul is a nut, and will go along with Republicans and pull them more right.

[w4rma]

7. They see Ben Nelson and think that's what the Democratic Party is. So they vote against that. (nt)

[ProSense]

9. Only a lunatic

would see Ben Nelson in Nebraska and vote for Rand Paul in Kentucky.

[w4rma]

45. Most of these folks don't understand reality very well. The others are flat out con artists. (nt)

[Odin2005]

24. people are rightfully pised at the political establishment, but unfortunately...

...have been mislead into voting for idiots.

[winstars]

10. Sorry but I guess it's because-

They're fucking idiots period!!!!!!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

17. they need to be taken by the hand

and shown the way

[bigdarryl]

11. the thing is Conway isn't a liberal democrat and you still have SO-CALLED

democrats in that state who will vote for Paul.Another problem in that state there aren't a lot of African Americans living there

[Imajika]

12. This is why I am not 100% confident in early voting numbers...

Democrats have a pretty big registration edge across the country. I am wondering if many of them are not real Democrats anymore and may be voting for the dark side.

[BluegrassDem]

13. A lot of Republicans are registered Dems in Kentucky

Due to local offices dominated by the Dems. In my county, I don't recall there ever being a Republican ever elected to ANY office in my lifetime. As a consequence, the Democratic primary is the de facto election. So if you're a Republican, and you want to have a say in your local contests, you have to register as a Democrat.

[hedgehog]

16. It's the reverse here in Upstate New York - My husband registers

as a Republican so he can vote in the local primary, but always votes for the Democratic candidate in state and federal elections.

[Odin2005]

14. They still have Dixiecrats down there?

[TheKentuckian]

18. I guess but the issue is more what the poster above described

Until very recently there was no real Republican party here (we've had like 3 terms of a Republican Governor since like the Depression). Republicans regularly switched to Democrat to run for anything and I mean anything like school board and County Commissioner.

A friend of mine is pretty liberal both socially and fiscally but registered Republican pretty much as an act of rebellion against the system. Never votes puke but stays Republican because she grew up being told it was throwing away her registration.

McConnell was an outlier yet he was very mainstream because our Democrats cover much of the spectrum and the average seemed to be kinda similar to a blue dog. With the semi-resurgence of the Republicans the freeper types are out of the woodwork which has tilted our already conservative spectrum further right.

There is also a fuckload of stupid. There are Democrats that seem actually hyped to vote for Yarmuth but are voting for Randroid because...Conway is too liberal?????

That's how completely spun some folks are that they are comfortable as the cool side of the pillow with an actually pretty liberal guy but believe nonsense about someone much more con.servative that they've voted for before.

I think the liberal/conservative thing is pretty well busted. In fact it is almost like "liberal" means something akin to bad and "conservative" pretty much means good.

[Odin2005]

22. Interesting, thanks!

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

15. What percentage voted for McCain/Palin?

[onenote]

33. 30 percent

[Davis_X_Machina]

19. Why not?

He'll let them keep their guns.
He'll make sure every knee bends at Jesus' name -- even though he's a 'libertarian'.
He'll make sure foreigners, and gay people, live in fear.
From time to time he'll try to have some of them blown up.
He'll make sure that that colored people know their place.
He'll piss liberals off.

That's America.
You could run and win in 1846 on that platform, or in 2010.
That's what America has been pretty much since its inception.
That's what We The People want, have wanted, will want when everyone on this board has died of old age.

[elleng]

20. Who SAID they 'SAY?' Its pure b.s.

[onenote]

34. based on your close analysis of KY politics?

Just because someone is registered as a Democrat, particularly in a state like KY, doesn't mean that they are loyal Democrats.

[elleng]

37. Based on my close analysis of people, and of repugs long-standing propaganda,

and if we/you are going to believe it because CNN said it, then we'll just hand the country over. I'm not willing to do that.

[Codeine]

21. I've seen support for his dad even here at DU. nt

[janewin]

23. How is this a surprise?

I know democrats that will be voting republican just to get the healthcare mandate repealed. I have watched the debates of those 2 and the way Paul keeps focusing on HCR tell me that he sees a point of attack against Conway. People do not like the mandates and this will only get worse when 2012 comes around. But since we already chucked it up as a win, we can all rest now. And forget about fixing this bill now that we will lose the leadership/majority in the house.

[ProSense]

25. "I know democrats that will be voting republican just to get the healthcare mandate repealed. "

They are idiots.

[Hello_Kitty]

27. It was idiotic to think mandates would be popular

And once again, I'm very glad you don't do voter outreach.

[ProSense]

28. Vote Republican is

smart in anti-Obama circles.

[Hello_Kitty]

31. What?

[ProSense]

35. It's

idiotic to vote Republican.

Also, vote Republican to repeal the mandate isn't a smart thing to pitch to voters.

[Hello_Kitty]

36. It's a smart pitch if it works. eom

[ProSense]

38. So you think people should vote Republican to repeal the mandate?

Who is it a smart pitch for Democrats?

[Hello_Kitty]

39. Did I say that?

No, I didn't.

You're the one who thinks calling people idiots is good voter outreach.

[Exilednight]

26. It's only a surprise for those who don't pay attention. This is what BIG TENT politics gets you.

[Canuckistanian]

29. These would be the pro-segregation, anti Civil Rights Democrats?

And what rock have they been hiding under for all these years?

[Jennicut]

44. In Kentucky.

[Thrill]

30. KY is on the level of AL and OK

States that are a lost cause. They can't be saved there

[onenote]

32. Given that the exit polls in 2008 indicated that 30% of KY Dems voted for McCain

This falls in the" not at all surprising" category.

[Jennicut]

40. We have been through this before, KY Dems are not like Dems in the rest of the country.

They are incredibly more conservative and blue dogish.

[kentuck]

41. Don't let them know he will stop their SSI...

or they will crawl to the polls to defeat him.

[mkultra]

42. plenty of folks in the south like to claim dem when they are really just bigots

[Aramchek]

43. your posts sure are consistent

so much concern, so little time.