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Michigan defied the conventional wisdom yesterday, giving Mitt Romney 30 delegates to the national convention and his second primary win.
After a short night that saw swift winner projections and prompt concession speeches, analysis turned to exit polls and voter turnout. Without much incentive to turnout and vote, Democrats handed Hillary Clinton a hollow victory, giving her about two-thirds of the vote and zero convention delegates. Dennis Kucinich earned about 4 percent of the vote, and nearly a third of the vote went to "uncommitted", a strategy designed to give Michigan delegates a voice at the convention should the party decide to let them vote. According to CNN's exit polling, Michigan Democrats preferred John McCain to Mitt Romney, capturing 41 percent of the vote among the seven percent of the Democrats who crossed over in the Republican primary.
Exit polls also showed that among Republicans economics was the driving issue in how they voted, saying that that issue was more important than Iraq, immigration, or terrorism.
As the primaries roll on, Republican candidates are now focused on South Carolina, where 24 delegates are up for grabs, and Mike Huckabee is polling well. With Romney heading to the Nevada caucuses with nearly a ten-point blowout in Michigan, 34 delegates up for grabs, and a tight race with Rudy Giuliani there, the Republican nomination is far from decided.
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damn he looks scary.
He looks "presidential."
I don't care what he looks like, only that he told workers in Michigan what they wanted to hear at the expense of the truth (McCain was closer to it when it came to jobs), and that enough people in Michigan apparently were stupid enough to fall for it.
This guy is more of an empty suit than Obama is.
matilda: Either way, the fact that people in electoral vote-rich Michigan turned out for economics more than any other issue suggests that Democrats may be able to win that state in the fall, assuming Democrats actually run on issue this year.
It would have been interesting to see how people there voted had there been an actual primary.
That's assuming anyone addresses real issues this year, Kevin.
Kevin: you are right about that.
It's the economy, stupid
Uh, yeah, but how will they address the issue, stupid. Because Romney saying he'll bring back the auto industry in Michigan without telling anyone how is not addressing the issue.
hey kevin: on another election related issue. i guess i've never thought too much about this before, but how come judges have political parties attached to them -- democrat, republican, etc? aren't judges *supposed* to be impartial?