Reply #4: couldn't the VW voters have voted [View All]

[marions ghost]

for John Edwards because they like Edwards' populist message and since he was still on the ballot, they figured they'd vote their conscience (since the WV primary is obviously an outlier and the residents know it will not decide the winner).

I don't buy that Edwards is where the racism vote went necessarily (I think it more went to Hillary and ALSO the biggest racist vote will go to McCain remember). Hillary's win undermines your argument about a large sexist vote in WV....

I do agree with you that the residents of WV deserve more pity than censure. Pretty obvious they are snowed by the media in a big way. But California went for Hillary too. A lot of people in this country were taken in by the mystique surrounding her, and the promise of Bill II 90's nostalgia....

A lot of Dem W Virginians voted The Economy--they just bet on the "tried and true" candidate of old in a much different political and economic climate. I think their main motivation was to FIX THIS. IT'S BROKE. AT least that much they've got right. I don't really expect them to understand the complexity of the situation while depending on Fox and CNN sound bites.