When did Democrats lose the Kerry-McCain voters?

[Ferguson97]

Obviously far fewer of them than Bush-Obama voters, but this is a curious demographic. When did Dems lose them?

[TDAS04]

When Democrats nominated someone of the wrong color.  Most of them would probably have voted for Hillary Clinton in 2008.  There were exceptions of course; some people just really liked McCain or whatever, but it’s not like Kerry had any strength Obama didn’t have, except for being white, and a veteran I guess.  I suppose a few Kerry/McCain voters simply liked voting for veterans, but it’s hard to argue that most Kerry/McCain voters weren’t voting out of racial prejudice.

[darklordoftech]

When they nominated a “Kenyan Muslim”. I doubt they fell in love with Bushnomics in 2008 of all years.