{"id":345,"date":"2008-02-13T11:48:42","date_gmt":"2008-02-13T11:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godometer\/2008\/02\/mccains-troubling-virginia-win.html"},"modified":"2008-02-13T11:48:42","modified_gmt":"2008-02-13T11:48:42","slug":"mccains-troubling-virginia-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godometer\/2008\/02\/mccains-troubling-virginia-win.html","title":{"rendered":"McCain&#8217;s Troubling Virginia Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mccain5.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/211\/import\/mccain5.jpg\" width=\"274\" \/>John McCain won yesterday&#8217;s primary in Virginia, where a Huckabee victory would have raised another round of questions about what team McCain has claimed is its lock on the nomination. But McCain&#8217;s win was none too sweet. First there was the turnout issue; today&#8217;s <em>Washington Post<\/em> notes that the Arizona Senator isn&#8217;t exactly inspiring Republicans to flock to the polls:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Turnout among Republicans lagged historic numbers among their Democratic counterparts. In Virginia, almost twice as many Democrats voted in their primary than Republicans did in theirs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Virginia primary also marked another colossal failure for McCain to win &#8220;values voters&#8221;&#8211;you know, the base of the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Maryland and Virginia voters who said their most important issue was choosing a candidate who shared their values preferred Huckabee by about 2 to 1. He also won big among evangelical voters and among those who call themselves very conservative.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/ELECTION\/2008\/primaries\/results\/epolls\/index.html#VAREP\">Virginia exit polls<\/a>, McCain lost pro-lifers and evangelicals to Huckabee by wide margins. The <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godometer\/2008\/02\/a-religious-rift-in-the-gop.html\">GOP&#8217;s religious rift<\/a> grows wider.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John McCain won yesterday&#8217;s primary in Virginia, where a Huckabee victory would have raised another round of questions about what team McCain has claimed is its lock on the nomination. But McCain&#8217;s win was none too sweet. 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