Indiana

MAY I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

As we get into some serious campaigning here in Indiana there is something a lot of people need to remember.  Democrats tend to vote for Democrats and Republicans tend to vote for Republicans. 

I say this because of the polling data says a third of Hillary supporters won’t vote for Barack and about 25 percent of Barack supporters won’t vote for Hillary.  With that said 65-percent of Hillary’s people and 74-percent of Barack’s WILL vote for the other candidate.

To date, about 30 million people have voted in Democratic primaries that includes Florida and Michigan.  Hillary and Barack are about 15 million votes each.  Using the previous mentioned numbers Barack gets about 22 million of Hillary’s supporters and he gets 15 million of hers.

Now this doesn’t mean those anti-Hillary or anti-Barack voters will all flock to McCain or stay home.  But remember, there have been 30 million people who picked a Democratic ballot.  That far exceeds the number of Republican primary voters.  So even with defections, the odds favor Democrats.

Now don’t forget to vote.

Full post as published by Indiana Barrister on April 23, 2008 (boomark / email).