Obama ahead among poor whites by double digits


	Obama ahead among poor whites by double digits

masbury

5-25-2008 4:18 PM

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masbury says:

The 5th poorest state has only 0.4% African Americans. So a poor white state makes for a 30-point Clinton blowout, right? Look again.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/4b0b65a0-7de5-4ec2-a1f4-061c9f1d049e/54896F39-F1CE-4E35-B818-322129A949A6/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/5/25/131838/888" href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/5/25/131838/888" style="font-size: 11px;">www.dailykos.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/5/25/131838/888"><SPAN class="diaryTitle">Montana's huge black population gives Obama the edge</SPAN></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/2008/5/25/131838/888"><P><STRONG>Black Persons, 2006</STRONG>: 0.4%
<BR /><STRONG>White Persons, 2006</STRONG>: 90.8%</P></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/2008/5/25/131838/888"><P>Montana is also the nation's <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_the_United_States_by_income">fifth poorest state</A>. It's poor, it's white, and has no African Americans to speak of. Therefore, if what the Clinton campaign and its apologists say is correct, if what the political news media tell me is accurate, Clinton should have another 30-point blowout in store. Right?</P></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/2008/5/25/131838/888"><P><A href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/05/25/news/state/26-statepoll_s.txt">Mason-Dixon</A> for Lee Newspapers. 5/19-21. Likely Democratic primary voters. MoE 5% (12/17-19 results)</P></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/2008/5/25/131838/888"><P><STRONG>Obama</STRONG> 52 (17)
<BR /><STRONG>Clinton</STRONG> 35 (29)</P></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/2008/5/25/131838/888">it's shocking to me how difficult it has been for the political media to distinguish from Obama's Appalachian problem and his non-existent problems with white voters at large.</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/2008/5/25/131838/888"><P>And favorability ratings:</p> <DIV class="indent">
<P><STRONG>McCain</STRONG>: 46 favorable, 35 unfavorable, 19 neutral
<BR /><STRONG>Obama</STRONG>: 41 favorable, 38 unfavorable, 21 neutral
<BR /><STRONG>Clinton</STRONG>: 29 favorable, 50 unfavorable, 21 neutral</P></DIV></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/54896F39-F1CE-4E35-B818-322129A949A6/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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