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The Source of Huckabee's Support
by etymologue
Earlier in the campaign (when admittedly there was less to talk about), there was a series of surveys that showed a significant percentage of the population was not willing to vote for a Mormon. Huckabee and McCain have both in turn exploited that with not-so-subtle digs at Romney and Mormons in general, but I've seen nothing on this topic since. Why has no one asked/analyzed who these people ended up voting for? Is Huckabee coasting along on a tide of Baptist bigots who wouldn't have voted for Romney no matter the alternative? If so, too bad for the country -- not because Romney's the best candidate, just because he deserves to compete on merit -- but at least we'd know it wasn't really (or only) him people were voting against.
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