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Originally Posted by baddog
I guess you are not paying attention. There are huge percentages of Clinton and Obama supporters that have said they will vote for McCain or just not vote if their candidate did not get the nod.
I mentioned this several weeks ago and people here thought I was nuts. The numbers have grown significantly since then.
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True, but these types of polls have been taken during the heat of a fierce battle between Democratic nominees. Emotions are running high right now but may be mediated over time depending on how things play out. It may also work just as the polls indicate. However, there is the logic that if two candidates hold virtually the same policy views (Clinton & Obama) while a 3rd does not (McCain), are you going to vote for the 3rd candidate simply to spite one of the candidates because it wasn't
your candidate who won? It's hard to predict what people will actually do when the time comes regardless of what early polls tell us.