Reply #21: you misinterpreted the results

[JustinL]

The 66% figure is not the percentage of Obama supporters that are Republican, but rather the percentange of Republicans that support Obama. To figure out what percentage of Obama supporters are Republican, you need to do some math.

First, multiply the percentage of poll respondents who are Republican (9%) by the percentage of Republicans who support Obama (66%). This will give you the percentage of poll respondents who both support Obama and are Republican:

   66% x 9% = 0.66 * 0.09 = 0.0594 = 5.94%

Second, divide the above result by the total percentage of poll respondents who support Obama. This will give you the percentage of Obama supporters who are Republican:

   5.94% / 53% = 0.112075 = 11.2%

You made the same mistake in your post about the differing priorities of Clinton and Obama supporters.