The conventional wisdom of this political season seems to suggest that even as Barack Obama is on the verge of officially securing the Democratic nomination, he has one major problem; he cannot win over white working class voters. But the most recent results from Oregon and Kentucky (and earlier results from places like Wisconsin) seem to suggest that the initial analysis of this is problem has been too superficial. In Kentucky and West Virginia Obama could not even manage to win twenty percent of these voters, yet in Oregon he was able to win at least 47 percent. So apparently it is insufficient to simply suggest that low income white voters with less than a college degree will not support Obama. I will leave you to come up with your own hypotheses and draw your conclusions as to what differences may exist between Oregon and Kentucky and West Virginia that might lead to those numbers…
But if you have any difficulty thinking of any ideas, see if the following video can help generate some possible reasons…
Filed under: Politics | Tagged: 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Kentucky Primary, Oregon Primary, Racism, West Virginia Primary, White working class
For every stupid racist voting against him because of the color of his skin, there is a stupid racist voting for him because of the color of his skin.