Poor Kentuckians still support Romney.

[kentuck]

http://www.kentucky.com/2012/09/18/2341886/many-kentuckians-who-rely-on-federal.html#storylink=omni_popular#wgt=pop

<snip>
When Mitt Romney told well-heeled donors that 47 percent of Americans don't pay federal income taxes, depend on government assistance and won't vote for him, he was flat wrong when it comes to Kentucky, several observers said Tuesday.

Kentucky's poverty rate is well above the national level, and the state's citizens depend more heavily on most forms of government assistance than the nation as a whole, but many strongly support the Republican presidential nominee.

Many Kentuckians who receive government help are expected to vote for Romney — or against President Barack Obama — for a range of reasons, including the Obama administration's tougher environmental regulations on coal and Romney's opposition to same-sex marriage.

"The social issues trump any sort of financial issues" for many disadvantaged people, said Paul Dole, head of Kentucky Communities Economic Opportunity Council, an anti-poverty community action agency in Knox County.

....more

[Scuba]

1. "Poor Kentuckians still support the white guy"

[kentuck]

2. Basically...

true.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. That's it in a nutshell. n/t

[Bok_Tukalo]

5. The flaw in that argument is that it assumes ....

... a white Democrat could win Kentucky's electoral votes.

[kentuck]

6. Democrats outnumber Republicans by a large margin...

But most are too poor and disenchanted to vote....

[porphyrian]

4. It's not just race, it's also religion. Kentucky has many social conservatives. n/t

[jsr]

7. Most preachers in Appalachia are RW

Appalachian people are churchgoers, and church halls are where the RW crap is spread.

[Champion Jack]

9. Bingo

Which is why we should take away their tax exempt status

[ProSense]

8. There will be certain people who

will continue to support Mitt, but don't believe that this isn't going to turn off some among them. The outcome could be those who had issues with Mitt to begin with could likely stay home.

In 2008, Obama won among Kentuckians with incomes under $30,000. He won 58 percent of the vote among those with incomes under $15,000.

[kentuck]

10. Obama lost KY by a fairly large margin.

Do you perchance have a link to those numbers??

[ProSense]

13. Here:

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/polls/#val=KYP00p2

Yes, McCain won by 17 points.

It's as you say, incomes below $30,000 only represented 23 percent of the vote.

The shift to McCain started at $30,000 - $50,000: 52 McCain, 47 Obama. That group represented 21 percent.

[Odin2005]

11. Racist hillbillies for Mitt!

[CanonRay]

12. You can't fix stupid

[kentuck]

14. They vote Republican but...

...they depend on the Democrats to protect their benefits. If they actually thought they would lose their Medicare, Medicaid, SSI, or Social Security, they would not vote Republican, in my opinion.

[ananda]

15. No, if they actually thought at all..

.. they would never vote Reep.

[kentuck]

16. Most of Appalachia is Republican...

Because Lincoln won the War...

[COLGATE4]

17. You can't fix stupid nt