Inmate vs Obama

West Virginia Democrat State Chair: "A Lot Of Folks Here Have Real Frustration With This Administration's Stance On Coal And Energy. … They Are Frustrated And They Are Upset, And They Wanted To Send Obama A Message." "In West Virginia, some are calling it a howl of protest. Others, a blunt message addressed directly to President Barack Obama. Either way, the fact that a convicted felon now serving 17 ½ years in a Texas prison nabbed more than 40% of the vote against President Obama in the Democratic primary has Democrats and others scrambling to explain the outcome. For Larry Puccio, the state's Democratic Party chairman, the conclusion is obvious. 'A lot of folks here have real frustration with this administration's stance on coal and energy,' he said. 'They are frustrated and they are upset, and they wanted to send Obama a message.'" (Neil King Jr., "West Virginia Vote Was All About Coal," The Wall Street Journal's Washington Wire, 5/9/12)
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by A.F. "Tony" Branco

Background Story: Inmate Wins 41% of Votes Against Obama in Primary!:

Prisoner #11593-051 at a Federal Correctional Institution in Texas put up strong numbers in Tuesday’s Primary Election in West Virginia.

Keith Judd, who is currently serving prison time for making threats at the University of New Mexico, had the support of 41% of voters in the race for the Democrat Presidential nomination compared with President Barack Obama’s 59% of the vote, according to results reported on Tuesday night.

"It's an embarrassment to the state and, I think, it's an embarrassment to the Democrats," West Virginia Wesleyan Political Science Professor Robert Rupp said of those numbers. "When people cast a protest vote, they never bother on who they're voting for. They just want to use that as an expression on who they're voting against."

Democrat Consultant Mike Plante agrees. "I think most of the people who were casting a vote for Keith Judd, it was not a vote for him, it was a vote expressing dissatisfaction with the President," Plante said. "Barack Obama has not run strong here in the past and probably will not run strong in the Fall."

In the Democrat Primary, Judd beat President Obama in the following nine counties: Hardy, Logan, Mingo, Webster, Wyoming, Boone, Clay, Gilmer and Tucker.

President Obama is hugely unpopular in the Mountain State. [Full Story on West VA Metro News]

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