[lbo-talk] so much for the new coalition...

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed May 7 12:25:27 PDT 2008


On May 7, 2008, at 3:17 PM, Marvin Gandall wrote:


> Doug posted:
>
>> <http://www.gallup.com/poll/107110/Obamas-Support-Similar-
>> Kerrys-2004.aspx>
>>
>> So at the moment, it would appear that Obama's problems with less
>> well-educated voters -- emphasized heavily by the Clinton campaign --
>> are no worse than were Kerry's in 2004, and are more than made up for
>> by Obama's strength among those with college degrees.
> =====================================
> Do you know how much the demographics have changed since then, in
> terms of
> the relative social weight of college graduates, Hispanics, and whites
> lacking postsecondary education?

In 4 years? Some, no doubt, but not enough to matter all that much.



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