Obama's Across-The-Board-Gains....

[BlooInBloo]

No need to go apeshit over losing one stage of a multi-stage contest, people.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/4/23/13332/4094/52/501331

One of the arguments the Clinton campaign is making to the supers, hoping they'll overturn the will of the voters, is that Obama can't win certain demographics. Yet looking at the exit poll numbers, it's clear that Obama has actually been making serious gains the past six weeks.

Obama's percent of the vote:
OH PA

60 and older 28 38
White 34 38
White men 39 44
White women 31 34
Less than $50K 42 46
No college 40 38
College 51 49
Catholic 36 31
Protestant 36 53

What was a 10.5% win in demographically friendly Ohio has become an 8.6% win in similar Pennsylvania, except the state was even less black and with a much smaller youth voter population (Pennsylvania's seniors accounted for 32 percent of the electorate, compared to 23 percent in Ohio).

And, those gains were made despite the Wright controversy as well as manufactured bullshit about "bitter" and flag pins and whatnot.

On top of that, Obama has had to run against Hillary Clinton, against former President of the United States Bill Clinton, and against John McCain and the entire GOP apparatus, which has trained its guns on Obama hoping to give Clinton a boost.

Yet he continues to gain among most of Clinton's best demographics, is still raising more money, leads comfortably in delegates, leads comfortably in the popular vote, leads in states won, leads in the national polls, and does better in the head-to-head matchups against McCain.

So why should the supers spark an intra-party civil war by overturning the will of the electorate again?

[liberaldem4ever]

1. Great post-happy to K&R n/t

[TwilightGardener]

2. Obama is playing the delegate game--the game that ALL candidates

started with, and the game he smartly stuck with and is still winning. "Victory" and psychology and bragging rights fizzle out when the math is added up. Only Hillary, the media and the GOP want us to believe that Hillary still has a chance.

[thereismore]

3. WTH is the matter with the Catholics? Jesus was white sort of thing? WTH? nt

[TwilightGardener]

4. I'm a Catholic, from PA.

Catholics in PA are the "white ethnics" that are so resistant to Obama, for whatever reason. They are very resistant to change and new ideas--and often, sadly, black people. Speaking as a white ethnic. I know PA. I didn't expect Obama to win.

[thereismore]

5. I wasn't very precise in asking the question. I guess I wanted to know:

Why is he doing so much better among protestants as opposed to catholics? Maybe the answer is the same.

[meow mix]

6. K&R

[bluesxtreme]

7. dont worry

he'll continue to make gains.