Gallup: Key Clinton voters are shifting to Obama

[sabra]

http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2008/05/gallup-key-clin.html

Following up on yesterday's news that Barack Obama had jumped to a 16-percentage-point lead over Hillary Rodham Clinton in its national "tracking poll" on the Democratic nomination battle, Gallup writes today that "support for Clinton among some of her traditionally stalwart support groups -- women, Easterners, whites, adults with no college education, and Hispanics -- has fallen below 50%."

According to Gallup, "the only major demographic group still supporting Clinton to the tune of 51% or more is women aged 50 and older."

Meanwhile, Obama is tied or ahead of Clinton in Gallup's polling of "non-Hispanic whites," all women, voters with high school degrees "or less" and Hispanics:

[GarbagemanLB]

1. That darn sexist campaign of his!!

:rofl: :rofl:

[papau]

11. Why he should only lose 20% of her votes - with the 80% switching its a nice close loss

[Occam Bandage]

2. He's not winning post-menopausal white women? THAT PROVES HE IS THE SEXIST!

[Egnever]

5. let it go man

I know the back and forth here can be brutal, and its easy to get into attack mode. You know this is over, just brush it off your shoulder and move on. Its not worth it.

[muryan]

14. shoulder brushing is sexist and dismissive

-Geraldine Ferraro

[PoliticalAmazon]

15. Geraldine Ferraro gives me gas. She sounds so bizarre when she's....

trying to support her "Obama is sexist" argument. She literlly cannot look at the interviewer or the camera.

[Teaser]

13. a tad harsh

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[book_worm]

3. her base is falling apart.

[Egnever]

4. I understand that support among older women

I know they wanted a woman president really badly. Hell i wanted a woman president when this thing started. I was pretty excited by the idea in the beginning. It is unfortunate that they wont see that dream realized this time around. I hope they can get over the disappointment in time for the GE.

Its good to see the other groups are coming to acceptance already and getting on board. I think the older ladies will do the same if given enough time.

[John Q. Citizen]

7. I talk to Clinton supporters at the doors while canvassing for Obama. They all make it a point to

say they will support Obama in the general.

I think most of the people who claim to support Clinton and constantly and repeatedly claim they won't support Obama if he wins the nomination aren't Democrats.

Democrats vote for Democrats, especially when it matters.

[dmr]

10. Totally agree - and the key reason: The most horrifying 8 years of our lives

that began with Coup 2000, to the ABB-2004 to now.

No McCain for any of us! We're not mad at ourselves!

I am so happy to see that 16% lead, and happy to see Obama put the focus on McCain - who I don't think is truly healthy enough to run. I don't mean physically either.

McCain's slow, seems to confuse easily, and most likely easy to be manipulated by those quietly, yet dangerously, running the show in the background. That seems to be how the GOP likes them - Reagan-40 and Bush*-43. So curious as to who his running mate will be.

[reggie the dog]

12. damn right

[ORDem]

19. I think these supposed Clinton supporters who say they will not vote for Obama in the GE

simply have primary blinders on, a tunnel vision, if you will. They are not thinking about the bigger picture at this time, such as the literal and figurative bleeding the Iraq war is causing, the restriction of our rights, the eroding of our privacy, the fact that we're the only developed country without universal health care of its citizens, etc., etc.

Those issues will come to penetrate their blinders when the GE campaign starts in earnest and Obama can draw the contrasts with McCain that are so stark and bare. I mean, really, how can any Hillary supporter really say they will willingly sit by and watch Roe v. Wade be overturned by new McCain appointed SC justices? Those justices serve for life people!

:dem:

[Tarheel_Dem]

25. DING! DING! DING!

Give JQC a cigar. I've said all along, that some of these "hillary supporters" are Republican plants. This is why they're all over the Fox News shows, and their mission is to take out Obama, and NBC at the same time. How can any intelligent woman be taken seriously if she's turned to FNC as a counter to NBC's "misogyny"? Don't they understand that the clown who's using them to attack Obama & NBC had to settle a sexual harrassment lawsuit with a WOMAN?

The irony's not lost on most of us...thank God.

[mohc]

6. The full breakdown

http://www.gallup.com/poll/107407/Obama-Surge-Fairly-BroadBased.aspx">Gallup

Of ALL the demographic breakdowns, Clinton leads in only 2 now: 65 and older, and Women 50 and older. Obviously the lead in the former is due in large part to the latter. Obama's support is now far broader that Clinton's as she has basically been pushed back to only having her core constituency.

[Ichingcarpenter]

16. Thanks for the breakdown

it looks like even in that area its eroding.

[mystieus]

8. This is great to see! I don't want McCain appointing a supreme court judge.

[Zachstar]

9. This is good news!

It is proving already that this "movement" for McCain is not going to be very large at all. MOST Clinton supporters are reasonable and regardless of what they think about Obama.. Obama is a MUCH better choice than losing many rights under McCain.

[Douglas Carpenter]

17. Excellent!! Recommended!! Great Post!! This needs 100 Recommends!!!!

[NotThisTime]

18. Good news to rally together....

[alcibiades_mystery]

20. Ouchies...Remind me to kiss the ass of the most vicious Hillarians on DU

Because we weally, weally need their votes come Novembuh...

:rofl:

[Douglas Carpenter]

21. recommended..........best post all day! this needs lots of recommends!!!!

[Douglas Carpenter]

22. k&r very interesting!

[PM7nj]

23. I guess Hispanics didn't appreciate her "hard working whites" strategy. nt

[AtomicKitten]

24. It was inevitable in spite of the not too subtle threats from Clinton supporters.

[Douglas Carpenter]

26. one more kick -- because it is so VERY important