National numbers.
Following on yesterday's WaPo/ABC poll showing both Obama and Clinton beating McCain, we have a new Quinnipiac showing roughly the same +6 spread over McCain.
In both polls, Obama does marginally better than Clinton against McCain, but I'm not sure that matters a whole lot. What seems to be important is that there is no real "electability gap" between the two which would seem to eviscerate Clinton's entire claim.
Later: There's also the little matter of the internals. Both the Q poll internals and the WaPo internals show McCain winning "working class whites" over both Clinton and Obama by about the same margins.
In both polls, Obama does marginally better than Clinton against McCain, but I'm not sure that matters a whole lot. What seems to be important is that there is no real "electability gap" between the two which would seem to eviscerate Clinton's entire claim.
Later: There's also the little matter of the internals. Both the Q poll internals and the WaPo internals show McCain winning "working class whites" over both Clinton and Obama by about the same margins.
posted by mikevotes at
7:33 AM
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Given the support Obama has received from unions, I'm beginning to wonder if "working class" is really nothing more than a polite term for uneducated, unskilled, low income laborers. Are we really talking about plumbers, electricians, teachers and clerical workers?
I'm not sure what the criteria are for being labeled "working class."
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-epm, at 11:36 AM
The common definition appears to be below $50K with no further definition .
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mikevotes, at 1:19 PM
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