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| -Election 2012 |
| Bad Sign for Obama in NH Democrat Primary |
| 2012-01-11 |
| A Lord Garth Opinion Almost everyone else who followed the 2012 NH Primary followed the R.side. I followed the D. side. The reason I did this, other than to be different, was that, although much of the 2012 vote is based on whether voters like the R. nominee more than the D. nominee. The vote is also based on whether voters even care. Furthermore, the vote totals for an incumbent President are a metric that is much more robust than most polls because the sample is so large (even if only in one state). Thus I report, in abbreviated form, the NH D. 2012 Presidential primary: Obama 45,008; with 82% of the vote. No nationally known candidate opposed Obama. Contrast this to the 1996 NH Presidential D. primary, when a D. was running for a second term. The results, in abbreviated form: Clinton 76,754k; with 95% of the vote His closest competitor was long ago comedian Pat Paulson with 921 votes. His closest nationally known competitor was Lyndon LaRouche with 390. Even assuming a number of D. voters cast ballots in the R. Primary (which is possible given that Huntsman received 40,000 votes), this obviously shows an enormous lack of enthusiasm for Obama among his own party. |
| Posted by:Lord Garth |
| #7 Eff Pharaoh! Eff the Won! Eff Chi-town thug POTUS, it'll Come back 'round... 'Cause Him be/wuz Born under a bad sign (Our Lil Pharaoh had it ruff..) I been down since I begin to crawl If it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all Hard luck and trouble is my only friend I been on my own ever since I was ten Born under a bad sign I been down since I begin to crawl If it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all I can't read, haven't learned how to write My whole life has been one big fight Born under a bad sign I been down since I begin to crawl If it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all I ain't lyin' If it wasn't for bad luck I wouldn't have no kind-a luck If it wasn't for real bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all Wine and women is all I crave A big legged woman is gonna carry me to my grave Born under a bad sign I been down since I begin to crawl If it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all Yeah, my bad luck boy Been havin' bad luck all of my days, yes |
| Posted by: Slomp Oppressor of the Faeries1490 2012-01-12 00:28 |
| #6 Someone (I don't remember who) said it best when they said "A lawn gnome could beat Obama in 2012". |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2012-01-11 22:00 |
| #5 Not surprising at all - Ron Paul was on the ballot. Not all Paul's supporters are nuts, but he does attract his share .... |
| Posted by: lotp 2012-01-11 20:17 |
| #4 I probably should have pointed out that Obama had to overcome the candidacy of Vermin Supreme who was running to stop zombies by implementing time travel. In retrospect, it is surprising that Vermin only received about 900 votes. |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2012-01-11 19:18 |
| #3 To be fair (not that anyone has ever accused me of that) a fair number of Democrats crossed over and voted for either Paul or Huntsman. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2012-01-11 19:07 |
| #2 I look at it like he got a little more than half of what Slick Willie did in '96. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2012-01-11 18:16 |
| #1 So 18% of New Hampshire's registered Democrats felt strongly enough about it that they went out of their way to make a meaningless vote against Pesident Obama instead of staying home and making a cup of tea? It is going to be an interesting election! Thank you for writing this up for us, Lord Garth. :-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2012-01-11 17:52 |