Obama NC & IN wins show broad demographic support


	Obama NC & IN wins show broad demographic support

masbury

5-7-2008 5:55 PM

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clinton, obama, demographics, indiana, n.carolina

masbury says:

Check this sampler of demographic wins: Clinton's depiction of his support as narrow is just a last-chance mudball she's trying to stick on him. Ironically, she won among the "elites" - -those making over $100k -- in IN. Things aren't as they seem.

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</STRONG></TT><P><TT><STRONG>                              % of vote  % for Obama</STRONG>
<BR />IN: People with college degrees  35       56
<BR />NC: People with college degrees  44       57</TT></p> <P><TT>IN: First time primary voters    19       69        
<BR />NC: First time primary voters    22       60</TT></p> <P><TT>IN: Independents                 23       54
<BR />NC: Independents                 19       45*</TT></p> <P><TT>IN: Liberals                     39       56
<BR />NC: Liberals                     42       63</TT></p> <P><TT>IN: Urban                        33       60
<BR />NC: Urban                        27       66</TT></p> <P><TT>IN: White 17-29 year-olds        12       54
<BR />NC: White 17-29 year-olds         8       57</TT></p> <P><TT>IN: All 17-29 year-olds          17       61
<BR />NC: All 17-29 year-olds          14       74</TT></p> <P><TT>IN: 17-64 year-olds              86       52
<BR />NC: 17-64 year-olds              80       60</TT></p> <P></P></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/5/7/155114/3294">What about rich elites? Actually, Clinton won those in Indiana (52% of those making over $100K, which in Indiana, is <EM>a lot</EM>).</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/5/7/155114/3294">I should go around talking about Clinton's "non-senior problem". </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/6FAC51B1-AB07-4AA8-9877-A05F9F2BD0D4/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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