Sweet Virginia
I had a terrible and annoying and endless day at work (which still isn’t over and I have to be on a 7:15am train tomorrow), so this made me very happy ... GObama!
From Howard “So Fucking” Fineman:
Looking closely at the NBC exit polls from Virginia, I see numbers that will make delightful reading for the Barack Obama campaign—and a cause for deep concern in John McCain’s camp. Obama, the figures show, is expanding the demographic reach of his surging Democratic candidacy, while McCain is hemmed in by his increasingly glaring failure to win over conservatives and evangelical Christians.
With a large turnout among Democrats and independents (anyone can vote in any primary in Virginia), Obama scored smashing victories over Hillary Clinton among groups with whom he needed to show strength. Everybody knows he has the African-American vote locked up tight, as well as young people, single men and affluent, well-educated voters. But the other winning percentages in Virginia are the news Tuesday night, and they are pretty powerful. According to the NBC exit polls, Obama carried:
—women: 58 percent
—white men: 55 percent
—latino: 55 percent
—60 years old and older: 52 percent
—those with incomes under $30,000: 68 percent
—independents: 67 percent
—Roman Catholics: 52 percent
More here.
Mushy need some huggums? She no like the giddy.
Posted by Kevin K. on 02/12/08 at 09:23 PM • Permalink
Categories: News • Politics • Election '08 • Barack Obama •
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