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Jeff from NC
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« on: December 27, 2008, 04:33:08 PM »

A good chunk of this country's voters will always vote for the pro-life candidate.  Another chunk will always vote for the one that promises a tax cut.  Another chunk will always vote for the pro-gun candidate.  That will usually add up to around 40-45%.  That's why Republicans hit double-digits.
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Jeff from NC
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« Reply #1 on: December 28, 2008, 06:07:08 PM »

I don't think it's the Upper South/Appalachia (cuz Clinton won there) so much as the Deep South, where Democrats almost never win on any Federal level.

Also, most people aren't so politically active that they change their registrations.  If you could change registration on election day when you cast your ballot, I suspect it'd be much more common.
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Jeff from NC
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« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2008, 11:32:49 AM »
« Edited: December 30, 2008, 11:44:24 AM by Jeff from NC »

Well, I can believe it.  I have two good friends who are extremely intelligent, very worldly, and knowledgeable about the issues.  They are also extremely devout and refuse to vote for a pro-choice candidate.  Between half a million and a million abortions occur every year in the United States.  If you believe each of those represents a homicide, I can see why the issue would be compelling.

EDIT: This Wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_the_United_States#Public_Opinion gives a poll on public opinion conducted in 2003.  Here's the crosstab:

Group Generally available Available, but with stricter
limits than now
Not permitted
Overall 39% 38% 22%
Women 37% 37% 24%
Men 40%40%20%
Democrats 43%35%21%
Republicans 29%41% 28%
Independents 42% 38%18%
Northeasterners 48%31%19%
Midwesterners 34%40%25%
Southerners 33%41%25%
Westerners 43%40%16%
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