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Sat Jul 19, 2008 at 09:46:51 AM EDT
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| There's a new Pew Research poll up Thursday sampling womens' preference in the general election, with breakdowns about how Hillary's female supporters are reacting to the "you've got nowhere to go" choice between Obama and McCain. The crosstabs are interesting, because Hillary's primary supporters are broken out.
Fourteen percent of former Hillary supporters are supporting McCain, and 17 percent are undecided. That's 31% of Hillary's supporters still off the reservation, with the additional caveat for the unity pony/kumbaya wishful thinkers that support for the presumptuous Democratic nominee is 3% lower among Democratic women than it was in 2000. And we know how 2000 turned out. This is consistent with earlier polls showing 30-35% of former Hillary supporters not drinking the Kool-Aid. And it's not just the women Hillary supporters, either - the numbers don't change much when you add in the men.
Among all Democratic voters (men and women) who preferred Clinton in the primary, Obama leads McCain by 70% to 15%, with another 15% saying they are undecided or volunteering another candidate. Within this larger group of Clinton backers, there are no significant differences between men and women; 69% of women and 72% of men who supported Clinton say they will vote for Obama over John McCain.
Female Hillary supporters are getting the benign neglect treatment from the Obama campaign, who have chosen to pretend like they don't exist after the failure of the "get over it" and "you'll come around - you have nowhere else to go" initiatives. |
| campskunk :: PUMA Numbers from Pew |
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"Always aim high, work hard, and care deeply about what you believe in. When you stumble, keep faith. When you?re knocked down, get right back up. And NEVER listen to anyone who says you can't or shouldn't go on."
Hillary Clinton - June 7, 2008
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