Reply #87: A national poll [View All]

[jackson_dem]

And almost all of it comes from whites. 20% of white Dems won't vote for him in one poll. The other poll was a general one. Most of it is likely from whites but some of it also is probably from Latinos, a group with which McCain is respected and popular. It looks like playing the race card against the Clintons will hurt him in the general if he is the nominee. The common excuse from Obamites is the extra 10-15% are racist. That is a cop out. In order to believe that you have to believe independents are less racist than Democrats.

Edit: I did a search. The 20% of white Dems figure is accurate. For all the talk of Clinton losing the black vote she would get 86%, only 7% less than Obama (7% of 10%=0.7 nationally). The 25% figure is not for Dems overall but for Clinton supporters. 25% of them would defect if Obama is nominated while 10% of Obama supporters would if Hillary is the nominee.