Vote Anti Incumbent

CNN reports Sen. John McCain was the projected winner of South Carolina’s Republican primary Saturday night despite a strong showing by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee among the evangelical Christian voters who dominated the day’s turnout.

Comment: How can McCain win over someone who dominated the day’s turnout.

Exit polls found self-described evangelical Christians made up nearly 60 percent of the vote, and Huckabee — an ordained Baptist minister who emphasized his conservative Christian credentials — was the choice of 40 percent of those voters. But he took only 12 percent of the nonevangelical vote, while McCain took 40 percent and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, 21 percent

Comment: So Huckabee took only 12 percent of the nonevangelical vote.  Sounds like reverse vote against the dominating evangelicals.  They have been in power, or their man Bush has, for a long time and I think people don’t like the way things are going.

Per CNN, Huckabee’s victory in Iowa can be attributed to his overwhelming support among Christian evangelical voters and women, according to CNN analysis of entrance polls.

Well that answers the question, will Evangelicals still have the power at the voting booth after putting George Bush in office. Remember this from 2004: According to surveys of voters leaving the polls, Bush won 79 percent of the 26.5 million evangelical votes.

Per the WSJ.com Voter interviews also suggested Mr. Romney’s Mormon faith may have been an issue. Many Christian conservatives view the religion with suspicion. Mr. Huckabee’s campaign drew a large number of evangelical Christians, who made up nearly 60% of all Republican caucus-goers, a sharp jump from the last competitive contest in 2000.

 Yes they do still have the power.  With the low popularity of President Bush, you would have thought it could have been a bach lash against putting another of the evangelical movement’s men in office.  But even the evangelicals were getting disgruntled with President Bush, not doing enough for them.

Looks like we are heading for more of the same.  Too bad Mr Jerry Fawell is not around to afford Mr Huckabee a great photo op about now.