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Class and Race
Unfortunately, as a so-called 'wine-track' child of a 'beer-track' family, I note underlying racial concerns as a factor in resistance to Obama in OH and states like it. As pointed out earlier by some of the talking heads, Obama tends to win whites across class lines so far only in states less ethnically diverse like IA and WI. In states like MA and OH where blue-collar whites live in proximity and cultural tension with other ethnicities they are not breaking for him. A similar working-class ethnic tension was clearly at play with Hispanics in TX. Its ugly and disappointing to me, but as a child of white, blue-collar 'Reagan Democrats' I understand that it is going to be a difficult, though not insurmountable, challenge to win over blue-collar whites from Hillary in big, industrial, diverse states. He is going to have to meet this challenge in PA.
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But you have no problem with the fact that Obama consistently gets 90% of the black vote? Hmmmm.
March 5, 2008 1:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
I don't think that folks are questioning the motives of women who quite rightly see Hillary as one of their own, but to suggest that the overwhelming support Obama receives from African American's who up until now have been the most steadfast supporters of white Democratic candidates are voting due to some racist inclination. It is one thing to vote for someone because of their race as opposed to voting against someone because of it.
If you can't figure out the difference then I would suggest that you are more a part of the problem than the solution, unless of course you are arguing that white blue collar voters are so pumped up at the prospect of a blue collar worker like themselves is finally getting a shot at the Presidency?
March 5, 2008 1:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
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