Obama's (already limited) appeal to working-class whites faltering, polls show

[jackson_dem]

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In an Associated Press-Yahoo News poll in April, 53 percent of whites who have not completed college viewed Obama unfavorably, up a dozen percentage points from November. During that period, the numbers viewing Clinton and Republican candidate John McCain negatively have stayed about even.

The April poll — conducted before the Pennsylvania contest — also showed an overwhelming preference for Clinton over Obama among working-class whites. They favored her over him by 39 percentage points, compared to a 10-point Obama lead among white college graduates. Obama also did worse than Clinton among those less-educated voters when matched up against Republican candidate John McCain.

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In Democratic primaries held on or before Super Tuesday, Feb. 5, whites who have not finished college favored the New York senator by a cumulative 59 percent to 32 percent, according to exit polls of voters conducted for The Associated Press and the television networks.

In primaries since Feb. 5, that group has favored Clinton by 64 percent to 34 percent. That includes Ohio and Pennsylvania, in which working-class whites have favored Clinton by 44 and 41 percentage points respectively.



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080503/ap_on_el_pr/obama_working_class_whites

The last figure is inflated by the halcyon "11 straight" days. He has done far worse since the vetting process began, as OH and PA suggest.

[uponit7771]

1. I don't think he'll lose the appeal to 9 house McSame in the GE.

[Ron Green]

2. Haven't you had your 3 threads yet?

:eyes:

[jackson_dem]

3. What is the over/under on whether Obama can have 3 states and beat Mondale?

[datopbanana]

4. What's the over under on the SUNS ever winning a championship?

With the SPURS in town, I'd take the under on 1%.

[emilyg]

5. Simple solution - don't read.

[jackson_dem]

8. Yup. They can pretend this isn't a problem until November 4

[datopbanana]

9. Hey. Answer my over/under. :o

[emilyg]

6. Kick

[datopbanana]

7. Double kick. I want my over/under answered.