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2016 Postmortem

Awsi Dooger

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6. Hardly on par with Clinton

Reply to Rosa Luxemburg (Original post)

Tue Nov 20, 2012, 12:52 AM

Nov 2012

Clinton lost the white vote by 2% each time, while running in a 3-way race.

Obama lost that block by 12% and 20%.

Clinton running under these demographics would win by scary margins.

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Obama performance with white voters on par with other Democrats [View all] Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2012 OP

Obama got the same % of white voters as Clinton in 1992. aaaaaa5a Nov 2012 #1

I live John2 Nov 2012 #2

Do you see a significant or minor population EmeraldCityGrl Nov 2012 #3

I wonder how many northerners are moving south? Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2012 #4

I'd need to do some checking on the last census. EmeraldCityGrl Nov 2012 #5

I guess it depends on what you mean by "ran very well among white voters". former9thward Nov 2012 #10

If tha'ts the case than no Democratic president has done well since 1964. aaaaaa5a Nov 2012 #11

Hardly on par with Clinton Awsi Dooger Nov 2012 #6

Clinton would have done better than Obama, but Clinton would not do nearly as well in the South Midwestern Democrat Nov 2012 #7

The difference is Obama won with a percentage, that wasn't possible in the past SpartanDem Nov 2012 #8

Wrong Robbins Nov 2012 #9