Cain: Palin won’t swing Clinton voters
By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter
State Rep. Emily Cain (D-Orono) said she enjoyed Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s speech at the Republican National Convention Wednesday night – but wishes she knew a little bit more about the Republican vice presidential nominee.
Since Republican presidential nominee U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) announced his choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate last Friday, there has been a lot of speculation about whether Palin would attract supporters of Democratic U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), who lost the Democratic nomination to U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.).
There is not as much information about Palin herself, Cain said.
Cain was a Clinton supporter, but is now supporting Obama, and said in no way did Palin make her give the McCain ticket a second look.
The two candidates – one conservative and one liberal – have nothing in common, Cain said.
“It’s a false promise that Sarah Palin is going to swing Hillary voters,” Cain said. “Women are not interchangeable.”
Most of Clinton’s supporters picked her not because she was a woman, but for her ideals, Cain said.
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Is Emily Cain now an expert in voter behavior and reaction?
It is not necessarily a false concept that women will vote for Palin (and in turn, McCain) because of her gender. Accept it or not, but many people -- male or female -- make their decisions on who to support the moment their pen strikes the ballot in November. Many
A Pew Research Center poll from 1999 showed that 56 percent of Americans could not name a Democratic candidate for president, and only 63% of Republicans could recall the name "Bush."
Things have not greatly changed since 2000. Many in our society are uninformed and unaware of the issues. Many cast votes based simply on the name or party affiliation of the candidate -- or even worse, their good looks.
How many voters know that Palin is against listing the Polar Bear on the Endangered Species list? Or that she is not convinced that global warming is man-made? Many people just know she's a woman... and a nice, family-friendly woman at that.
It's not just Palin. Too many people vote unaware of the issues. It's like taking a scalpel to your chest for a heart bypass... Surely, you should be trained first.
Indeed the lack of self
Indeed the lack of self education with voters has led us into a lot of the problems we are in today. Speeches on both sides speak little of the actual details and solutions to the issues.
Blind faith in one person or party is the same reason why radical terrorist and tyrants stay in power. We are better than that. We owe it to ourselves as Americans to exercise our right to speak up and hold our elected officials accountable.
We must do this as informed voters. Every one of us carries the responsibility of taking part in our government. This by no means eliminates the accountability of those taking advantage of our apathy but public oversight is not going to happen as we sit back and claim ignorance.
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