Oregon Exit Polls: Obama Handily Beat Hillary Among Whites, No-College, Less-Than-$50,000 Voters

[Elidor]

By Greg Sargent - May 21, 2008, 9:21AM
The Oregon exit polls lend a bit more weight to the theory that Barack Obama's real problem is more with Appalachia than it is with working class whites in general, as the Hillary campaign has repeatedly suggested.

In Kentucky yesterday, Hillary slaughtered Obama among these voters. But the Oregon exits show a different story.

Obama beat Hillary by sizable margins among all ages of white voters except those 60 and older. And he beat Hillary among voters with no college degree, too -- and since the state is overwhelmingly white, these voters are the ones he's supposed to have trouble with.

Late Update: The exits also show that Obama also beat Hillary by seven points among voters making less than $50,000 (though she won among voters making between $15,000 and $30,000).

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/05/oregon_exit_polls_obama_handil.php

Time to put that talking point to bed.

[book_worm]

1. He did the same here in Wisconsin and in Virginia, too.

[cliffordu]

2. I guess what that means is that he cannot compete with the "Deliverance" vote.

[BlooInBloo]

3. It's ONLY a *certain* set of white folks that have a problem with Obama...

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

4. Neat graphic.

Hmm.

[BlooInBloo]

6. Oops - forgot link - there's some more graphics there...

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/5/20/162117/922/561/519120

[Clark2008]

5. Wow! Imagine that... they're not all in the South!

Racism is EVERYWHERE... Duh.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

9. Well, damn near.

You've got the parts of the south with a lower black population. Rural Pennsylvania, no surprise. New York, Clinton's "home" state, and Arkansas, Clinton's other "home" state. And just a few outliers.

[mod mom]

7. they must not be the hard working type of whites.

:sarcasm:

[quantass]

8. Yup, he is CLEARLY loved by all and this silly spin just died today!

[Fresh_Start]

10. actually Clinton won "no college"

53% to 46%
page 3 on exit poll
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/epolls/#ORDEM

[peoli]

11. yeah but this doesnt count because its OREGON! Too Liberal to count!

[jenmito]

12. That's what the racist Pat Buchanan said!

[K8-EEE]

13. But....but...but....the folks in Possum Hollar WV

think there's something about him they don't LIKE! They ain't racist but he's a MUSLIM after all they've had enuff Husseins. He's NOT THEIR KIND OF GUY -- LOL, I saw that on CNN, John King was like "he's not their kind of GUY..."

Screw em....if we can't win without the Klan vote, too bad. Why cater to those people? They're not the future, they're the past.