The inmate who nearly defeated Obama in the West Virginia primary

Inmate No. 11593-051 scored 41 percent in the Mountain State Democratic primary, revealing just how unpopular the president is in parts of the country

The inmate who nearly defeated Obama at the West Virginia primary
(Image credit: AP Photo/ The Beaumont Enterprise courtesy of Keith R. Judd)

"Just how unpopular is President Barack Obama in some parts of the country?" asks Lawrence Messina of the Associated Press. So unpopular that a prison inmate came close to defeating him in a state primary. Inmate No. 11593-051, a Texas prisoner named Keith Judd, received 41 percent of the vote in Tuesday's West Virginia Democratic primary, proving that "many West Virginians would vote for just about anyone other than Obama," says Morgan Little at the Los Angeles Times. How did an inmate perform so well? Here, a brief guide to the peculiar primary:

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