CHARLESTON, West Virginia – Just how unpopular is President Barack Obama in some parts of the country? Enough that a man in prison in Texas is getting 4 out of 10 votes in West Virginia's Democratic presidential primary.

The inmate, Keith Judd, is serving time at the Beaumont Federal Correctional Institution in Texas for making threats at the University of New Mexico in 1999. With 93 percent of precincts reporting, Obama was receiving just under 60 percent of the vote to Judd's 40 percent.

For some West Virginia Democrats, simply running against Obama is enough to get Judd votes.

"I voted against Obama," said Ronnie Brown, a 43-year-old electrician from Cross Lanes who called himself a conservative Democrat. "I don't like him. He didn't carry the state before and I'm not going to let him carry it again."

When asked which presidential candidate he voted for, Brown said, "That guy out of Texas."

Judd was able to get on the state ballot by paying a $2,500 fee and filing a form known as a notarized certification of announcement, said Jake Glance, a spokesman for the Secretary of State's office.

Attracting at least 15 percent of the vote would normally qualify a candidate for a delegate to the Democratic National Convention. But state Democratic Party Executive Director Derek Scarbro said no one has filed to be a delegate for Judd. The state party also believes that Judd has failed to file paperwork required of presidential candidates, but officials continue to research the matter, Scarbro said.

Voters in other conservative states showed their displeasure with Obama in Democratic primaries last March.

In Oklahoma, anti-abortion protester Randall Terry got 18 percent of the primary vote. A lawyer from Tennessee, John Wolfe, pulled nearly 18,000 votes in the Louisiana primary. In Alabama, 18 percent of Democratic voters chose "uncommitted" in the primary rather than vote for Obama. In Tuesday's North Carolina primary, 21 percent of Democratic voters marked "no preference."

Obama's energy policies and the Environmental Protection Agency's handling of mining-related permits have incurred the wrath of West Virginia's coal industry. With the state the nation's second-biggest producer of this fossil fuel, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and Sen. Joe Manchin --both Democrats who have championed the industry -- have declined to say whether they will support Obama in the November election.

Hillary Rodham Clinton beat Obama handily in the state's 2008 primary, and he lost the state to Republican John McCain in the general election. The latest state-by-state Gallup poll, released in January, found Obama with a 32.7 percent approval rating in West Virginia. The president had a lower approval rating only in Utah, Idaho, Oklahoma and Wyoming.

"Keith Judd's performance is embarrassing for Obama and our great state," outgoing West Virginia Republican Chairman Mike Stuart said.

Presumed Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney won West Virginia's GOP primary Tuesday with more than 69 percent of the vote, with 93 percent of precincts reporting. Rick Santorum followed with 12 percent, while Ron Paul had 11 percent.

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That's pretty bad!

not so much

even in 2008, wv had a population of only 3% black and 2 out of ten voters reported race was a factor in the presidential election

so they are remaining consistent,,,

I'm sure that he will even win W. Virginia, Utah, Idaho, Oklahoma and Wyoming once they know that he supports gay marriage.

time will tell...

there you go, play the race card... again...

I think it's funny that that many people in Obama's own party would rather have an incarcerated felon then Obama.

its not always a 'card', it is often a real socially impactive demographic,,,

it is nothing new for racism to trump politics

also nothing new for democrats to not ALL support the democrat,,just like republicans dont ALL support the republican

Republican's may not all support their President but they aren't voting in the masses for someone who is incarcerated either.

they havent had a black republican make it to this point yet,, give it time,,,,

What does that have to do with Democrats rather having a convict then Obama?

it has to do with republicans not voting in masses for someone incarcerated (the previous post)

whether it's a real demographic or not, your still trying to say that race is the reason, the same thing that is said by democrats every time someone doesn't like obama. he's not a lousy black man, he's a lousy president...

Im letting people make up their own mind, but Im stating the fact that WV has a history of racial voting

and in 2008, the first time OBAMA ran, 2 in ten voters admitted race would factor into their decision....

so this story, about that state, is nothing new or revealing

so what? race is an issue now because your saying blacks will vote for blacks...it's ok when that happens? it's a double standard you are implying... it's not ok if people don't vote for him because he's black, but it is ok if people vote for because he is black... make up your mind...

smh

no, race is an issue because this is WV, where race has been DOCUMENTED to be an issue in voting

which makes a decision of 4 in 10 to vote for a white convict over a black man not so sensational (for West Virginia)

it's a double standard you are implying... it's not ok if people don't vote for him because he's black, but it is ok if people vote for because he is black... make up your mind...

when have I said its ok to vote for him because he is black?

maybe you didn't say it, but it seems that it doesn't bother you either...