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I apologize, and maybe I'm just out of the loop but,
Who is Senator McCain's base?
I can't figure out from day to day who the base of his support is and which folks he has solidly behind him. Evangelicals are waffling, conservatives are non-existant, Independents are just watching....
Can someone tell me who his core base is or is it still in flux?
As I stated previously he is still needing to define himself. He did not have a long primary fight for that to happen. So far I have seen him defining himself as:
Not George Bush
Not Barack Obama
I have seen interviewers get frustrated because when they ask him about what his policies are and what he would do he talks more about being independent of Bush and how Obama is weak on the subject being discussed. Obama is a liberal and he has said base. McCaincalls himself an independent maverick and he needs to be careful because that might remind my generation of a cowboy with that name.
He is trying to appeal to everyone who might not like Obama regardless of their fundamental political beliefs. His supporters are often not much better. I was watching a segment on CNBC last night regarding the candidates economic policies. Surprisingly the independent wall street guy ended up being very pro Obama. The Obama supporter talked about and defended what Obama wanted to do. The McCain supporter who looked like he could be McCains father was not as succinct to me and spent more time bad mouthing Obama as a tax and spend liberal without really talking about McCain.
It is hard to have a base when you are busy defining yourself as who you aren't instead of who you are!
I apologize, and maybe I'm just out of the loop but,
Who is Senator McCain's base?
I can't figure out from day to day who the base of his support is and which folks he has solidly behind him. Evangelicals are waffling, conservatives are non-existant, Independents are just watching....
Can someone tell me who his core base is or is it still in flux?
the 25% that still support bush. the ones willing to compromise because obama scares them more. other than that, who knows.
Well that 25% number is kinda scary for him, considering 25% of the voters were still pulling the lever for candidates other than him and he had been the presumed nominee for months.
I apologize, and maybe I'm just out of the loop but,
Who is Senator McCain's base?
I can't figure out from day to day who the base of his support is and which folks he has solidly behind him. Evangelicals are waffling, conservatives are non-existant, Independents are just watching....
Can someone tell me who his core base is or is it still in flux?
Those petrified at the thought of an Obama presidency.
I'm not sure what "group" is McCain's base, but I consider myself a McCain fan that was hoping him and Lieberman would start a third party when it didn't look like he had a chance at the nomination. Maybe my demographic is his base. 30 year old white male with some college that has earned his way out of what is technically middle class. Former military with extensive foreign travel, married with one kid, grew up out west, lives out east.
Well that 25% number is kinda scary for him, considering 25% of the voters were still pulling the lever for candidates other than him and he had been the presumed nominee for months.
This shaping up to be one ugly loss.
I still think mccain is going to crush him. obama is EXTREME on some issues. I don't think it's going to play well in mainstream america. however, polls mean nothing. only the final result matters, and I am not all that convinced that isn't tainted.
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