Bonobo
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Thu Feb-07-08 10:51 AM
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In a nutshell, conservatives vote Clinton; Liberals vote Obama. |
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Edited on Thu Feb-07-08 11:40 AM by Bonobo
I edited the title, cause people aren't getting it.
Obama is getting the Progressive Vote. Hillary is getting the more COnservative vote.
If anyone can show similar local results that are as clear as this, please show me. Because I know Western Mass politics and these are crystal clear. When Northampton and Amherst overwhelmingly go for Obama and Easthampton goes for Clinton, it is clear who thinks who is who.
That is all. Awaiting local results that contradict this trend. ------------------------------- Western Massachusetts Results: From my local paper:
Election officials reported bigger than expected turnouts around the county. Voter turnout in Plainfield reached 57 percent, among the highest in the Valley. Hampshire County Republicans overwhelmingly supported Arizona Sen. John McCain for their party's nomination, while Illinois Sen. Barack Obama edged New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton by capturing about 54 percent of the popular vote among Democrats.
The fiercer battle Tuesday was between Obama and Clinton, and Hampshire County was no exception. Obama took 11 cities and towns in Hampshire County, scoring big wins in Northampton and Amherst, where he won 58 and 66 percent of the vote respectively.
By comparison, Clinton won in nine Hampshire County communities, including Easthampton, where she received nearly 56 percent of the vote.
Given the dogfight between Clinton and Obama, some political experts said the Democrats may not make a nomination until their national convention in August. If this happens, superdelegates - delegates not beholden to the popular vote - would play a big role in awarding the party's nomination.
'If superdelegates determine the election, it will be like the feeling when Bush won without the popular vote,' said Hannahan, who predicted Clinton to win the nomination if the decision is made at the convention. 'It'll be the feeling that somehow, the elite people screwed the little people, and the little people won't vote.'
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