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CHARLESTON, West Virginia – Just how unpopular is President Barack Obama in some parts of the country? Enough that a man in prison in Texas is getting 4 out of 10 votes in West Virginia's Democratic presidential primary.

The inmate, Keith Judd, is serving time at the Beaumont Federal Correctional Institution in Texas for making threats at the University of New Mexico in 1999. With 93 percent of precincts reporting, Obama was receiving just under 60 percent of the vote to Judd's 40 percent.

RoyGBiv wrote:http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/05 ... a-primary/

CHARLESTON, West Virginia – Just how unpopular is President Barack Obama in some parts of the country? Enough that a man in prison in Texas is getting 4 out of 10 votes in West Virginia's Democratic presidential primary.

The inmate, Keith Judd, is serving time at the Beaumont Federal Correctional Institution in Texas for making threats at the University of New Mexico in 1999. With 93 percent of precincts reporting, Obama was receiving just under 60 percent of the vote to Judd's 40 percent.

I'm gonna take a minute a laugh, because I need it and this deserves it.
Then I'm gonna get my game face back on and remember this is far from over.

Voters in other conservative states showed their displeasure with Obama in Democratic primaries last March.

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RoyGBiv wrote:http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/05 ... a-primary/

CHARLESTON, West Virginia – Just how unpopular is President Barack Obama in some parts of the country? Enough that a man in prison in Texas is getting 4 out of 10 votes in West Virginia's Democratic presidential primary.

The inmate, Keith Judd, is serving time at the Beaumont Federal Correctional Institution in Texas for making threats at the University of New Mexico in 1999. With 93 percent of precincts reporting, Obama was receiving just under 60 percent of the vote to Judd's 40 percent.

I'm gonna take a minute a laugh, because I need it and this deserves it.
Then I'm gonna get my game face back on and remember this is far from over.

The Mad Moderate wrote: I think open primaries may have at least a little to do with it.

gdanaher wrote:

The Mad Moderate wrote: I think open primaries may have at least a little to do with it.

Actually, West Virginia Democrats have a closed primary.

The Mad Moderate wrote:

gdanaher wrote:

The Mad Moderate wrote: I think open primaries may have at least a little to do with it.

Actually, West Virginia Democrats have a closed primary.

I stand corrected.

http://www.fairvote.org/congressional-a ... nd-top-two
WV: Technically a closed system, but all parties allow any voter who is not registered with an official party to request their ballot for the Primary Election.

http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/WV-D
Participation in West Virginia's delegate selection process is open to all voters who wish to participate as Democrats. The Democratic Primary is open to all registered Democrats and voters who are not a member of another party.

gdanaher wrote:Well, that explains a lot. Sorta like Texas Democrats voting in the Republican primary.

Slowplay wrote:Wow, that's really embarrassing!! Obama better do something "historic" to distract from this primary debacle - maybe come out for gay marriage.

It's more of a protest vote than I ever expected - many West Virginians apparently sense Obama will kill off the coal industry (and take away their guns) by any means necessary in a second term.

74novaman wrote:Many west virginians shouldn't have listened to their union bosses in the last election. I mean really, did they think this guy was a fan of coal??