Obama beat Clinton by 17 percentage points in Wisconsin and 53 percentage points in Hawaii.
Clinton had hoped to pull off a win in Wisconsin. Instead, she lost ground on virtually every demographic, even white women, and actually lost to Obama among most major demographic groups except women.
Among independents, the key group that the presidential candidate must win, Obama pulled 62% to Clinton's 34%, among the 27% of voters who identified themselves as independents, according to CNN.
"The demographics -- poor, union, a lot of Catholics -- have all gone well for Hillary Clinton so far," said CNN senior analyst Jeffrey Toobin shortly before polls closed. "If she doesn't do well here, it shows her support is slipping away."
While Obama has been solidifying his base of younger, college-educated, higher-paid voters, he has steadily been chipping away Clinton's base of blue-collar, older, working-class voters.
On Tuesday, Obama captured 53 percent of Wisconsin's white voters compared to 41 percent on Super Tuesday. He won 48 percent of women in Wisconsin compared to 41 percent on Super Tuesday.
He increased his standing with white seniors by 8 points, from 31 percent to 39 percent since Super Tuesday. He split the non-college-graduate vote 50-50 with Clinton compared to getting 42 percent of it on Super Tuesday.
Obama won almost half of the Catholic vote compared to a third of it two weeks ago, and he did the same thing with the rural vote.
He also seems to be taking the economy away from Clinton as an issue. He won 44 percent of those voters who said that was the most important issue for them on Super Tuesday, but he won 55 percent of those voters on Tuesday.
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The USA is out on a limb, even Europe apart from Britain, France and possibly Germany have moved more left. Britain is not a democracy with its first past the post system. Blair formed a government with less than 40 % voter support so the Government doesn't represent the people nor does it represent their views.
The recent KOSOVA criminal act by the wicked three will not go well for us, this idea that we can decide other peoples fate, decide what country flies which flag etc. is a road to disaster.
The USA is an Autocracy/Theocracy a combination which will take years and years to defeat, so moving to the left will be a hard, very hard struggle.
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douglas kay (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 83 comments)
on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 7:59:12 AM
Is this real support for Obama or is this Republicans voting against Clinton? This happened in U.S. Congressional District 4 in Georgia. The Republicans wanted Cynthia McKinney (D-GA 4) out of office so bad the Republicans voted as Democrats in the primary to remove her from the November ballot.
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Gallaher (2 articles, 0 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 608 comments)
on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 8:38:26 AM
Thank God! While I'm no supporter of Obama due to his positions on abortion, his inexperience, and his web of connections to Chicago corporate interests, I'm very glad to see Mrs. Clinton continue receding. I have a passionate dislike for, and distrust of, the New York senator and former First Lady, and I would absolutely cringe (as I'm sure our nation's founders also would) to see such a corrupt liar and self-seeking politician win the presidency. She is a Communist who would crush the freedom of the American people through her mega-corporate sponsors.
I also have a few comments on Obama. With the results of all the February primaries, the media is reporting that poorer people are voting for Clinton whereas richer people are voting for Obama. Give me a break--this is ridiculous. Clinton's handlers are just portraying it this way to attempt to swing blue-collar workers to her side. The rivalry between Clinton and Obama is not about the rich-poor dichotomy, but is more complex than that. Hispanics and illegal immigrants love Clinton; blacks and Americans in general love Obama. The fact that the Illinois senator consistently wins by large margins doesn't show that rich voters are siding with him, but that middle-class Americans in general (the true swing bloc that decides elections) are gravitating toward him because he is a new face who represents "change." Obama's appeal cuts across economic, social and party lines alike. Moreover, the rich cannot decide who wins these primaries simply because they are outnumbered by poorer voters.
This seems to be a case in point of the old adage, "Statistics don't lie, but liars use statistics." It's true Obama has won the "red states" of Kansas, North Dakota, Alaska, Utah, Idaho, Georgia, and Alabama--but the latter two states he won largely due to black support. Missouri and Virginia are swing state these days. But he has also won the "blue states" of Illinois, Delaware, Minnesota, DC, Wisconsin, and Hawaii (in addition, Obama won New Hampshire when voting machine antics are accounted for).
Or am I all wrong about Obama?
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Justin Soutar (6 articles, 0 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 25 comments)
on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 9:20:10 AM
(in addition, Obama won New Hampshire when voting machine antics are accounted for).
Errr actually, when the votes were recounted there Senator Clinton actually increased her margins.
I see you list a few of the Obama falsehoods yet still indicate a preference for him over Senator Clinton. It seems that you prefer the neophyte phoney to the blunt and pragmatic corporatist, Senator Clinton. I ,for one, fail to see why voting for either is at all appealing.
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ardee D. (6 articles, 4 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 2377 comments)
on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 11:18:47 AM
play was in order for Obama to win blue collar support and I wondered when he would get around to it.
Obama finally woke up to using the statement, "It's the economy stupid, and did I mention that Mrs. Clinton was occupying the White House when NAFTA and the WTO were passed and that was the reason that you all lost your jobs?"
The same line will play well in Ohio.
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Mike Folkerth (120 articles, 0 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 566 comments)
on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 1:11:50 PM
Obama has the momentum - and my hope is that he will follow the will of the people once elected. That said, he wasn't my first choice, the true progressive candidates were shut out of the debates and the main stream media. Without their voices, Obama and Clinton both were able to stay centrist, corporate and safe.
The growing progressive movement also has momentum - it is my great hope that we continue to build and realize that the election of 2008 is not just a once in 4 year vote, but a starting point to being heard in our government and a platform for continued growth.
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August Adams (10 articles, 0 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 442 comments)
on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 8:29:39 PM
Ohio and Texas are two very important states with a lot of delegates at stake in the Presidential primaries. The primary elections in both of these states are on March 4, 2008.
Curiously, even though there is overwhelming public support for election reform and for restoring peace, Congressional leaders in the peace movement and the election reform movement are facing challengers in these primaries. If they lose, who in Congress would dare speak out against the war or the dangers of secret vote counting after that?
Learn how you can help, and take action! For information about action being taken in Texas and Ohio to make sure that our votes are counted accurately, see Project Vote Countwww.ProjectVoteCount.com
For more election news that you didn’t hear about from the corporate media cartel or all of those organizations which claim that they are looking out for your rights, see Project Vote Count’s Election Newshttp://www.projectvotecount.com/ElectionNews.aspx
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Mark Adams (16 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 181 comments)
on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 10:56:58 PM
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