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| The geography and demographics of Obamamania |
| 2008-04-04 |
| Michael Barone, USN&WR In reviewing the maps of the Democratic primary results, in Dave Leip's electoral atlas, I was struck by the narrow geographic base of Barack Obama's candidacy. In state after state, he has carried only a few counties—though, to be sure, in many cases counties with large populations. There are exceptions, particularly in the southern states with large numbers of black voters in both urban and rural counties. But overall, the geographic analysis has pointed up to me a divide between Democratic constituencies—a divide as stark as that between blacks and Latinos or the old and the young—which has not shown up in the exit polls. It's a division that helps to explain the quite different performances of Obama and Hillary Clinton in general election pairings against John McCain. Let's look at Obama's and Clinton's geographic bases in the primaries, in order of voting. Readers who are not interested in detailed analysis, or whose eyes tend to glaze over, may want to skip to the concluding paragraphs of this post. . . . |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #2 FOX + CNBC/MSNBC > MCCAIN VERSUS OBAMA ONLY > Iff POTUS ELEX were held right now, and presuming OBAMA is the de facto DEM NOMINEE [no other], MCCAIN IS PROJECTED TO STILL WIN THE ELEX AS DUE TO HIM WINNING THE MAJORITY OF RED STATES + POPULAR VOTE [Slight but CONCLUSIVE margin]??? OTOH, PA State elex is still 1-1/2 weeks away - ITS STILL ANYBODY'S RACE INCLUD HILLARY'S. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-04-04 21:52 |
| #1 Check out the comments section. It's rife with lofty verses by academics leftists and public sector lifers decrying anyone who doesn't want BHO is an ignorant, uneducated, racist redneck, never grasping the irony that their own comments are minimally as bigoted as the (unproven) alleged closed-mindedness and bigotry of the people they critique. I've said it here, and I'll say it again, when you educate a stupid person whith no common sense, you don't get a smart wise person, you get and educated dope with no common sense. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2008-04-04 15:35 |