QUINNIPIAC POLL: McCain Beats Obama and Hillary by Equal Margin Among Working Class Whites [View All]

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Poll: McCain Beats Obama And Hillary By Equal Margin Among Working Class Whites

By Greg Sargent - May 14, 2008, 11:14AM

There are some key numbers buried in the internals of today's Quinnipiac poll that go some way towards deflating Hillary's claim that she would outperform Obama against McCain among working class whites.

It finds that McCain beats both Hillary and Obama by an identical margin among working class (no college) white voters.

Among these voters, McCain beats Obama 46%-39%.

And McCain beats Hillary 48%-41%.

That's a seven point spread in both cases.

What's more, the poll also finds that both lose to McCain by an equal margin of seven points among whites overall.

Of course, Hillary's argument is also about who would fare better among these voters in the big states in particular, and this is only one poll.

Nonetheless, there's no getting around the fact that the above numbers are difficult to square with a central aspect of her basic argument.

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