Hillary's white base absolutely deteriorating

[NJSecularist]

According to CNN exit polls, Obama absolutely took a bite out of Hillary's base today. It's striking.

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/epolls/#WIDEM

Look at these splits.

White 18-29: Obama: 69, Hillary: 22
White 30-44: Obama 63, Clinton:37
White 45-59: Obama 52, Hillary 47
White 60+: Hillary 57, Obama 43

He's taking Hillary's base right from under her feet and there is nothing she can do about it.

[TheUniverse]

1. the problem is though, not enough young people vote.

If you wanted to be leading it any age group it would be 60+, but yes it looks like shes in big trouble.

[Kahuna]

2. Let's hear it for old, white women!!! She still has them, by golly!!

:bounce:

[K Gardner]

12. omg... I just fell outta my chair

[Tarheel_Dem]

16. INCOMING!!!

:hide:

You're probably gonna pay for that!:rofl:

[KittyWampus]

24. Hillary has the Bluehead vote all wrapped up!

[NightWatcher]

3. she's down to white women more than anything else

what happens when they realise that they are being taken advantage of? How long before the switch over to Obama as well?

[griffi94]

4. or mccain

[Konza]

8. Did ya see Russert go through the exit polls

Claimed her "coalition" consist of "white women, over 60, who make less than $50,000 a year.

yikes!

[Darth_Kitten]

31. You buy what Russert has to say?

Goodness.......he's been a media whore since day one.

[Konza]

36. Well, he along with the other media whores

have the same data. There was even the exit poll post here earlier with the actual numbers.
Not saying these people don't spin stuff to their liking, but it's pretty obvious there has been a complete erosion in the Hillary vote.
Back when Edwards was in he and Hillary split the blue collar folks. Then they shifted to Hillary.
Now it looks like they are shifting to Obama and the only core base of voters the Clinton campaign can depend on are, just like the talking heads said: "white women, over 60, making less than $50,000"

No disrespect to them, but that's getting down to a pretty small base.

[Johnny__Motown]

5. Down to white women over 50 who make less than 50K a year

pretty narrow base

[Darth_Kitten]

30. Shit, REALLY?

Sad that not too many old, irrelevant old bats don't have cash to spare. Hmmm, wouldn't be because of all the taxes they pay and all those ungrateful kids they are putting through college, eh? :sarcasm:

[Renew Deal]

6. That looks like a big win!

:bounce:

[blocker]

7. wow, she's now relying on old women.

what as this campaign come to?

[Darth_Kitten]

21. Wow, another newbie......

been following the campaign LONG, have we?

[provis99]

27. welcome, newbie!

Ignore the bitter old-timer posters who are sure to follow you around until you have 1000+ postings.

[Darth_Kitten]

28. Awh, not a popularity contest, toots. Maybe learn to read people better?

Some people CAN be pitied. But then again, I'm just ((cough)) old and bitter and I don't get all you hip, happening little kiddies.

Next.......

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[grantcart]

10. What you have failed to factor into this is the simple fact that people under 60

don't count

[NJSecularist]

11. LOL

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Darth_Kitten]

18. What was funny?

Doesn't take much, eh?

[K Gardner]

13. Oh, hellit ! I always forget something. Daamn.

[JimGinPA]

14. Maybe Hillary's Not White Enough?

:rofl:

[Barack_America]

15. Russert: The only piece remaining of Clinton's coalition is aging white women.

Perhaps overly harsh. But true.

[Darth_Kitten]

17. Guess again......

too bad Obama's base don't bother to vote. :rofl:

[scheming daemons]

20. They've voted in 33 primaries and caucuses so far!

[Barack_America]

22. I'm sorry?

Obama is the projected winner. So if his base doesn't bother to vote, then I guess that Hillary's base must be voting for him?

[Kahuna]

32. "Don't bother to vote?" Huh???? Obama is WINNING!!! Oops my bad. Hillary's base

is voting for him. Bwa ha ha ha! :rofl:

[jasmine621]

19. Don't laugh. White women live longer than all of us. nt

[angie_love]

26. Um? LOL

you're crazy.

[Darth_Kitten]

29. Why does that BOTHER you so, dear?

I wouldn't slam the older gals, they've lived and KNOW.

They don't fall for everything.....

[Kahuna]

33. Good. They can vote for her the next time she runs too. And..

She still won't win.

[KoKo]

23. RACISM...Prevails.......

[ecstatic]

25. Well the media insists of describing this race in terms of race nt

:shrug:

[Kahuna]

34. Hillary encouraged it. In NH she went after the white, female vote.

Then she went after the latino vote. You don't think that people have noticed that Billary are content to play "identity" politics? It's sickening. People are sick of that.

[book_worm]

35. the press keeps talking about Obama showing he can expand his base, what about HRC?

The only part of her base she has left are white women over fifty. She does disastrously with male voters, independents, African Americans and younger voters. She is now losing her grip on union voters, blue collar voters and even latinos. The question is when will HRC expand her base?