Hillary's five main constituencies ::: Why she's ahead in (some of) the polls (georgep at MYDD)

[jefferson_dem]

Here's an nice, thorough analysis from georgep at mydd I thought some here might want to have a look-see at --

Hillary's five main constituencies
by georgep, Mon Oct 01, 2007 at 10:09:37 PM EST

To win elections one has to craft a coalition of constituencies, which, taken together, make up the victorious margin. For the Democratic nomination we can identify (five) major constituencies Clinton has been able to bring to her side, to entrust her with their support. Some of those constituencies overlap in certain ways, and where I diaried about them individually in the past I will provide links to previous diaries for a more in-depth look at the issues involved that make Clinton the right fit for these constituencies.

These five groups make up the main reason Clinton is ahead in the race for the nomination.

MORE ---> http://georgep.mydd.com/story/2007/10/1/22939/9317

[Frances]

1. Thanks for the link.

Very interesting article. Also interesting comments.

[DURHAM D]

2. Thanks for the post.

This is going to piss off the netrooters - too bad.

I wonder if the GLBT community has ever been polled? Maybe they don't have a way to do it. Would love to see those numbers.

[emilyg]

3. Thank you Jeff-Dem

Very informative.

[Lucinda]

4. Thanks! Interesting reading.

k&r

[Tesha]

5. He forgot: Republicans who want Democrats to lose in 2008.

In NH, this is a *HUGE* part of the electorate in the
Democratic primary. You see, our rules allow "undeclared"
voters to take a ballot from either party, and so a very
large portion of the electorate registers as undeclared.
They're really Republicans, of course, and they'll vote
for the Republicans in the General Election, but they
like to come over to the Democratic Primary and mess
around with us, helping us choose the "best" candidate.

And they'll all be for Hillary this primary cycle.

Tesha