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Why Oklahoma is so anti-Obama
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| Contributor | Jason |
| Last Edited | Jason Mar 08, 2012 06:14am |
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| Category | General |
| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Thursday, March 8, 2012 12:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Oklahoma doesn’t like President Obama very much.
Obama lost 15 counties in the Democratic primary in the Sooner State on Tuesday, and he took just 57 percent of the vote statewide despite none of his little-known opponents having much (read: any) money to contest the state.
It was hardly the first time the state thumbed its nose at Obama. In the 2008 presidential campaign, no state gave him a smaller percentage of the vote than the Sooner State, which voted 66 percent to 34 percent for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).
Which begs the question: Why?
While Oklahoma is certainly a conservative state, it’s not necessarily the state you would think would be the most opposed to Obama in the U.S.. In fact, in the most recent Gallup state rankings, Oklahoma wasn’t even listed among the 10 most conservative states in the country.
The state also recently had a popular two-term Democratic governor, Brad Henry, and has a popular Democratic congressman, retiring Rep. Dan Boren (the son of a well-liked Democratic former governor and senator).
GOP consultant and Oklahoma native Chris Wilson says it comes down to values.
“Be it health care, the Keystone Pipeline, religious liberty or any other myriad of issues, Obama continues to prove his values are even outside the mainstream of the Democratic Party in Oklahoma,” Wilson said.. “However, if Obama is able to successfully push for a college football playoff, that could all change.” |
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