In the Republican primary in New Hampshire, a full 7.5% -- over 4300 votes -- were cast for Democratic candidates. This seems like it could be a sign that at least some Republicans are pissed off at Bush. At least pissed off enough to send a message in great enough numbers to give second place to John Kerry (2.3%). Even accounting for people who did it as a joke, people who accidentally voted in the wrong primary (I'm sure it happened), and so on, it's a pretty significant number.
In contrast, George Bush only pulled 103 write-in votes on the Democrats' side (interestingly, almost twice as many as Hillary Clinton).
Could this be a tiny glimpse of a centrist shift away from Bush's extreme brand of wingnutism? Could be. Here's hopin'.
