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Barack Obama's mythical problem with whites?
According to the Jed Report
There's been no shortage of public handwringing about whether or not Barack Obama can attract support from white voters, particularly white men. Some of it has even been pushed by Hillary Clinton's campaign itself.
Most of the analysis has overlooked one important fact, however: Hillary Clinton has a bigger problem with white voters than Barack Obama.
New data from the Pew Research Center illustrates my point: although Hillary Clinton leads McCain among white women by three points, she trails among white men by twenty-three points. Meanwhile, Obama trails among white women by just one point, and trails among white men by fifteen. Obama's net margin relative to Clinton drops by four points among white women, but increases by eight points among white men.
Overall, that means Obama is doing slightly better with white voters than is Hillary Clinton.
And this is according to a poll conducted entirely after the Wright controversy played itself out.
For more see
http://www.jedreport.com/
Comments (1)
It seems to me that such data is meaningless on a national basis. There are deep red southern states where no Democrat will carry the vote of white men -- much less a black or a woman. This data would be much more interesting on a state-by-state basis, particularly in purple states like Ohio, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Virginia, Colorado etc.
March 28, 2008 8:16 AM | Reply | Permalink
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