New information on white people

[underpants]

Obama’s Support Similar to Kerry’s in 2004Similar levels of support exist across white, black, blue-collar voters

http://www.gallup.com/poll/107110/Obamas-Support-Simila...

Much of the talk following Tuesday's Indiana and North Carolina primaries has focused on just how electable Obama -- now the highly probable nominee -- will be in the general election. The Clinton campaign has argued that Obama's weaknesses among white voters and blue-collar voters will hurt him against McCain in the fall.

But it appears that the way Obama stacks up against McCain at this point is similar to the way in which Kerry performed against Bush in 2004 within several key racial, educational, religious, and gender subgroups. That is, the basic underlying structure of the general-election campaign this year does not appear to be markedly different from that of the 2004 election. This conclusion is based on an analysis of exit-poll data from 2004 compared to the Obama-McCain matchup in 4,000 Gallup Poll Daily tracking interviews conducted during the first five days of May.

[Muttocracy]

1. so a majority of white people are selfish or stupid, not necessarily racist? ;-) nt

[underpants]

2. No it's just that support for Obama has really changed from where it was 8 years ago

about 40% of the white males vote Dem all the time.

[Muttocracy]

6. I was talking about the >50% of them voting Repub. nt

[DJ13]

3. You're comparing poll data months ahead of the GE with exit polls from a past GE?

Thats not very scientific.

Its too early to extrapolate anything meaningful from current polls.

[N4457S]

4. Bottom Line...

...is that the country was split in 2000, 2004 and now again in 2008.

And so the ultimate decision rest with the Electoral College.

And Obama can't win Ohio and Pennsylvania. Kerry couldn't either.

I'm beginning to think we need a Constitutional convention.

[DadOf2LittleAngels]

5. Good luck getting 75% of the states to go along with that..

[N4457S]

7. Agreed...

...but that's what we need. There's no doubt in my mind.

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. today a white voter told me why she will not vote for Obama

In the grocery aisle at Winn dixie this morning...

She says it don't matter.
It don't make any difference.
Nothing Obama can do will make anything change.
It is too late...
because there is a "higher plan" for "us" that
"is coming quickly to fruition"

The Apacolypse.
No waiting, it will be here soon, Bush is seeing to that,
"Over there in the Islam place" yada yada yada...

She was dead serious.
Firmly, proudly, convincingly, dead serious.

One of many Southern Baptist I run into in my lil Southern town.

[N4457S]

9. And...

...what progressives don't understand is more of these people exist than anyone wants to admit.

There's an Evangelical Free church in Walnut Creek, CA that has six services on Sunday. Six! This is in one of the most liberal parts of the entire nation.

[Indenturedebtor]

10. May they rapture her and her ilk soon... n/t

[LisaL]

11. Kerry lost.

[nam78_two]

12. Locking

Wrong forum-this is a GD: P thread.