Poll: 20% of GOP voters would be less likely to vote for McCain if he choose a pro-choice VP

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Vice-presidential candidates customarily do not drive vote choices, but there may be an exception: If John McCain were to pick a running mate who favors legal abortion, it could cost him votes, particularly in some core Republican groups.

In this ABC News/Washington Post poll, 20 percent of McCain supporters say they'd be less likely to vote for him if he picked a pro-choice candidate for vice president.
(ABC News Photo Illustration)Among current McCain supporters, 20 percent in this ABC News/Washington Post poll say they'd be less likely to vote for him if he picked a candidate for vice president who favors legal abortion, vs. 10 percent more likely – a 10-point net negative, and one he does not make up among Barack Obama's supporters.



The potential damage is sharper in some groups. Twenty-seven percent of conservatives say they'd be less likely to support McCain if he picked a vice president who favors legal abortion, vs. just 3 percent more likely – a net 24-point negative in this heavily Republican group. It's similar among evangelical white Protestants; 29 percent say such a pick would make them less likely to vote for McCain, vs. 6 percent more likely, a 23-point net negative.

http://abcnews.go.com/PollingUnit/Conventions/story?id=5669316&page=1

[NYC Liberal]

1. Please pick Lieberman. I will put a nail McSame's coffin.

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. I think Gramps is going to flip-off the whacko right.

I have a hunch he's going to ignore their whining and go with someone like Sloppy Joe or Tom Ridge.

[speedoo]

3. So that eliminates a lot of his choices.

Who else, besides Huckabee and Brownback does it leave?

[Arugula Latte]

4. He gets to choose between a pro-choice moderate who will piss off the fundys in the party

or a hardright nutcase who will freak everybody else out.