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Old 05-13-2008, 07:12 PM   #71 (permalink)
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Hillary has a strong backing among uneducated and racist people:

WV demographics friendly to Clinton - Yahoo! News

Highly favorable demographics helped Hillary Rodham Clinton rack up one of her largest victory margins of the 2008 Democratic primary season in West Virginia. The exit polls recorded several demographic extremes among groups with a strong history of solidly backing Clinton:

• Roughly 95 percent of West Virginia Democratic voters were white. Only the Democratic primaries in New Hampshire and Vermont and Democratic caucuses in Iowa had that high a proportion of white voters this year.

• Four in 10 were over age 60. The only other states with somewhat similar numbers were Arkansas, Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma — and Clinton won all four states. Yet in West Virginia, Clinton even won voters under 30, a group that Obama has taken with about 60 percent of the vote on average in past primaries.

• It was the electorate with the highest proportion — just about seven in 10 — of people who lack a college degree. The same held true for whites without a college degree.

• A little more than half of voters were from rural areas, second only to Vermont for rural voters in Democratic primaries this year (though Vermont did go for Obama nevertheless).

• And the West Virginia electorate was among the bottom five Democratic primaries in terms of income, with more than half reporting 2007 family income of less than $50,000.

RACE, GENDER AS VOTING FACTORS

One in five white Clinton voters said race was an important factor in their vote and nearly 85 percent of them voted for Clinton against Obama, who would be the first black major-party presidential nominee. Of the 27 states where this question was asked in the exit polls, only in Mississippi did as many whites vote against Obama after citing race as a factor.

Somewhat fewer women — about one in seven — said gender was an important factor in their vote and more than 80 percent of them favored Clinton, who would be the first woman to win a major-party presidential nomination.

THE REV. WRIGHT FACTOR

Half of voters said Obama shares the views of his fiery former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, "a lot" or "somewhat" and six in seven of them voted for Clinton. Obama won support of only 3 percent of those who said he shares Wright's views a lot. Clinton even held a narrow edge among the one in five who said Obama shares Wright's views "not much." Obama won (with about 60 percent) only among the 25 percent who say he doesn't share Wright's views at all.

GAS TAX HOLIDAY

Nearly two-thirds supported Clinton's proposal to suspend the federal gas tax for the summer and three-quarters of those voted for Clinton. Obama ran about even with Clinton among those who say it's a bad idea. Looked at another way, seven in 10 Clinton voters supported the gas tax suspension; Obama opposes the plan and a little more than half of his voters called it a bad idea.

ECONOMIC WORRIES

More than six in 10 voters picked the economy from three choices as the most important issue facing the country. About one in five picked the Iraq war.

Clinton voters were more likely than Obama backers to say the economy was hurting their families a lot. Half of Clinton voters said the current recession or economic slowdown has affected them and their families a great deal. About three in 10 Obama voters said the slowdown has affected them a great deal and more than half said it affected them somewhat.

UNFAIR CAMPAIGNING

As in other states, West Virginia Democratic primary voters were more likely to accuse Clinton than Obama of unfair campaigning. Even half of Clinton's own voters said she campaigned unfairly, as did three-quarters of Obama backers. Three in 10 Obama voters said their own candidate campaigned unfairly while more than half of them said Clinton hit below the belt.

LOOKING AHEAD TO THE END OF THE NOMINATION FIGHT ...

If they had to choose, seven in 10 voters said they'd prefer that their candidate wins the Democratic presidential nomination, even if the race continues for months. A quarter said they'd prefer the race ends as soon as possible, even if their candidate loses the nomination.

In a sign of increasing rancor between the candidates backers, three-quarters of Clinton voters in West Virginia said they would be dissatisfied if Obama wins the nomination; six in 10 Obama voters said they would be dissatisfied with Clinton as the nominee. Both are new highs among 28 states where this question has been asked.

... AND THEN ON TO NOVEMBER

Barely a third of Clinton supporters say they'd vote for Obama over John McCain in a November matchup. As many claim they'd vote for Republican John McCain and a quarter said they would not vote for president. If that horse race were Clinton vs. McCain, half of Obama backers say they'd vote for Clinton, about three in 10 say they'd back McCain and the rest would stay home.

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Preliminary results from exit polling by Edison Media Research and Mitofsky International for The Associated Press and television networks. Partial samples of 1,016 voters in 30 precincts around in West Virginia; sampling error plus or minus 5 points.
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Those West Virginias know nothing else but working in those damn mines.
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Old 05-13-2008, 08:38 PM   #73 (permalink)
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...No matter how you slice it, Obama is in the lead. Even if you count states like Michigan where he was not on the ballot (which is obviously entirely unfair to Obama). So Hillary's mathematics just do not add up.
Here's my idea for SNL this week:
4th grade math class. A young Hillary, wearing a younger version of the yellow pantsuit, is at the board doing a math equation. Maybe the teacher says something like "50 plus 239 plus 374". Hillary writes it on the chalkboard and comes up with an answer of 2025. Every equation comes out to 2025. The teacher tells her she is finished and should sit down. She insists that she's still in it and refuses to go back to her desk.
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Old 05-13-2008, 08:54 PM   #74 (permalink)
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That's hilarious!!!
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Old 05-13-2008, 09:17 PM   #75 (permalink)
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Good skit, Bonnie. For a second there, I thought Zager and Evans were in the classroom, then I figured out (I think) what 2025 means.
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Old 05-13-2008, 09:19 PM   #76 (permalink)
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For a second there, I thought Zager and Evans were in the classroom, then I figured out (I think) what 2025 means.
That'd be 2525.
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Old 05-13-2008, 09:26 PM   #77 (permalink)
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Good skit, Bonnie. For a second there, I thought Zager and Evans were in the classroom, then I figured out (I think) what 2025 means.
2025 Delegates! Of course she'd also be trying to add in Michigan and Florida delegates too.
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Old 05-13-2008, 11:12 PM   #78 (permalink)
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Here's some more math - Clinton needs to win the remaining five states 86% - 14% to go ahead in pledged delegates.
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The latest exit poll that I saw was that 59% of voters were missing at least 3 teeth and 98% of those blamed it on uppity black preachers.
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