Subscribe by RSSHillary, McCain Enjoy Support Amongst Democrats
Democratic voters overwhelmingly support Senator Hillary Clinton as the party’s presidential nominee in 2008, with 38% supporting her candidacy to 14% for John Kerry and 13% for John Edwards. Clinton’s support among Democrats is strong across the party’s ideological spectrum: liberals (42%), moderates (34%) and conservatives (40%) all support Clinton in a Democratic primary.
Among non-white voters in the Democratic party, Clinton’s support is even more impressive — 55% of non-white voters would support Clinton in a primary, compared to 16% who would support Kerry and 9% for Edwards.
Is it really that cut and dry? Everyone at least on the right is convinced Hillary will be the 2008 candidate. I don’t think that’s the case of everyone on the left. Polls can be misleading and sometimes basically worthless even though they are front and center running up to election day.
Republican Senator John McCain showed surprisingly strong support among Democratic voters, with a 55% expressing a favorable opinion of the Senator and 22% expressing an unfavorable opinion. Among Democrats, McCain’s 55% favorability rating dwarfs the favorable opinions of Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (23%), House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (33%) and Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean (47%). “The fact that Democratic voters view John McCain more favorably than the Democratic leadership speaks volumes about the party’s leadership vacuum,” said Republican strategist Ed Rollins. “At the same time, John McCain’s popularity with Democrats may actually be a liability for him in the Republican primary, especially with supporters of President Bush.”
McCain is somewhat of an oddity among candidates. I say this because few candidates seem to appeal to both sides. Hillary is popular among Democrats however she is the bane of the right. McCain while criticized by conservatives still enjoys support among moderates on both sides which is a huge number. I would venture to say that depending on who the Democratic candidate was, McCain would have the election simply because of the amount of Democratic votes he would strip away.
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Democrats want McCain to be elected for the republican candidate. Look at the news. Do you think this is just a coincidence? Why would they want McCain if McCain is the greatest threat? It doesn’t make sense. What makes more sense is that this is a strategic move by the democrats to sway opinion towards McCain, i.e., the weaker candidate. McCain embodies everything that people are tired with, especially the war. He is also a product of Washington (like Hillary), whereas, someone like Romney has the advanatage of being on the outside
I don’t know about the Democrats Davide, but I am an Independent and would vote for McCain over Hillary Clinton at this point in the election.
I could not say the same for Romney. I am not going to couch my position with political rhetoric, but simply give instinctive reactions to this. For some reason, McCain appears to me as a man working to change Washington, albeit, from the inside. Romney appears to be part of the big money and big corporation pull– and that is something I trust less than Washington at this point.
I am not accusing Romney of anything, nor stating that McCain has done anything either. I am simply reflecting my instincts at this point– and hoping they may shed light on your recent pondering.