Clinton Voters May Offset The Libertarian Voters

[Kathianne]

Seems both sides may have a core that will not 'go along.'

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/04/clinton.poll/

From Alexander Mooney
CNN
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- One week after Sen. Hillary Clinton made a public show of unity with Sen. Barack Obama, a new survey suggests supporters of the New York senator are increasingly less likely to follow her lead.
Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama appear at a unity rally in Unity, New Hampshire, in June.

Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama appear at a unity rally in Unity, New Hampshire, in June.

A growing number of Clinton supporters polled say they may stay home in November instead of casting their ballot for Obama, an indication the party has yet to coalesce around the Illinois senator four weeks after the most prolonged and at times divisive primary race in modern American history came to a close.

According to a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Friday, the number of Clinton supporters who plan to defect to Republican Sen. John McCain's camp is down from one month ago, but -- in what could be an ominous sign for Obama as he seeks to unify the party -- the number of them who say they plan to vote for Obama is also down, and a growing number say they may not vote at all.

In a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey completed in early June before the New York senator ended her White House bid, 60 percent of Clinton backers polled said they planned on voting for Obama. In the latest poll, that number has dropped to 54 percent....

[Gaffer]

This election could have the lowest turnout in a hundred years.

[5stringJeff]

Well, if the Clinton voters just aren't voting, that wouldn't offset the LP voters. It would just mean fewer voters overall, and a larger percentage of the vote for the LP.

[DragonStryk72]

Seems both sides may have a core that will not 'go along.'

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/04/clinton.poll/

Damn, if only we could get them to join us. Although, in honesty, this is a really good sign for us, in a morbid way. If the LP candidates can really play their hand correctly, then they may be able to pull one hell of a hat trick (probably not take the election, but get enough that people are forced to acknowledge) this election cycle.