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Drunken Irishman

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4. No he isn't right...

Reply to Proud Public Servant (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 20, 2012, 04:59 PM

Jan 2012

Obama still doesn't have a problem with white, working-class voters. In fact, Obama is doing better in the rust-belt states than white Democrats like Al Gore and John Kerry did in 2000 and 2008 - consistently leading in the polls in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota.

Yes, he might have a problem with whites from the south - but that's less to do with his stances on the issue and everything to do with the color of the skin.

The fact is, Obama won more of the white vote in '08, 43%, than Kerry in '04 (41%), Gore in '00 (42%) and Clinton in '92 (39%). Clinton, a white from the south, only managed to tie Obama in '96. So, going back to 1980, Obama and Clinton are tied for the best Democratic performance among white voters.

There isn't a problem. It's a media myth.

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