Ms. Kentucky
24 November 2007 12:37 pm by Taylor Marsh
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Remarkable
if you think about it.
Clinton cleans up. Obama, well, not so much.
Consider this an all things primary thread. Interesting working-class women column on Clinton in the Boston Globe today.
But the backbone of her support, going back to her first US Senate race seven years ago, remains among those who resemble her the least – blue-collar and working-class women, as well as black women. Analysts say she connects with working-class women emotionally by presenting an image as a fighter who has overcome obstacles in her life, and appeals to them politically by offering proposals that would help their pocketbooks. As the most recent polls show her neck-and-neck with Barack Obama in Iowa and the gap closing in New Hampshire, one constituency she consistently wins hands-down is working-class women. A Boston Globe poll this month of likely primary voters in New Hampshire suggested that Clinton has higher support among Democratic women without a college degree than among better-educated women. Several national polls have shown the same trend.
And just in case you’re wondering, there are still a lot of people looking for a candidate.
