The Letter People Don't Want Behind Their Names Anymore
Not something that is actually possible here, given Missouri's lack of partisan registration for voters, but it seems that across the nation people are deciding that they aren't interested in being Republicans any longer.
For more than three years starting in 2005, there has been a reduction in the number of voters who register with the Republican Party and a rise among voters who affiliate with Democrats and, almost as often, with no party at all. ...
And though comparable data are not available for the 21 states where
voters do not register by party, there is evidence that an increasing
number of voters in those states are also moving away from the
Republican Party based on the results of recent state and Congressional
elections, the researchers said.
Notwithstanding non-partisan registration in Missouri, other indicators affirm the anti-Republican trend here.  In the period since 2005, Democrats have won the two statewide elections that've been held (U.S. Senate and State Auditor in 2006) and have picked up seats in both chambers of the assembly. A far greater number of Missourians opted to vote in the Democratic Presidential preference primary in February than in the GOP contest. Further, Missourians will elect a Democratic governor and pick up more legislative seats this November.
We're all familiar with the cliche about Missouri's being a bellwether for presidential politics. Our state is apparently a bellwether for vast defections from the GOP as well.
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Tired of Corruption
A republican I know was trying to claim democrats crossed over to vote for McCain in Missouri and that is why McCain won the primary. The fact more people voted in the Democratic primary than the republican primary shows this was not the case. If McCain won the republican primary in Missouri because of Democrats voting as republicans then the pool of republicans is even smaller than the primary voting numbers.
I believe Missouri voters in general and even a lot of republican voters are tired of corruption. Nathan Cooper, what happened to Eckersley, a village bill without anyone admitting who wrote it, tax breaks for contributors, the fee office scandal, Feltner and what I believe is a cover-up, jobs for unqualified friends, Fred Ferrell, taxpayer money going for personal usage etc.
Romney was the pick of the republican machine. Missouri voters, even republicans, knew to reject him. Just as voters in general are rejecting the republican party of corruption