Diatribune - Clinton Leads Obama Among White, Hispanic, and Asian Voters - Comments

Kerry... I decided to post

Jacob Freeze — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:56:10 -0600

Kerry...

I decided to post these stats because I made the horrible mistake of watching Tim Russert for about 5 minutes this morning.

"Should Hillary Clinton concede?"
"She should concede, shouldn't she?"
"Isn't Hillary Clinton hurting the Democrats by refusing to concede?"

Blah blah blah.

In the first place, there is no reason to assume an extended campaign hurts the Democrats. Bill Clinton didn't wrap up the nomination until June, and he actually won... not that idiots like Tim Russert can remember back that far.

In the second place, I don't think Obama has a "mandate" just because he amassed a lead in delegates in states like South Carolina, but mainly...

I just hate the conventional "wisdom" of brainless Beltway chatterboxes like Tim Russert.

I'm just going with the

Jacob Freeze — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:46:44 -0600

I'm just going with the figures from usaelectionpolls.com, which actually shows Clinton leading in the popular vote, although it includes numbers from Florida and Michigan.

Not arguing with your

kerry — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:57:43 -0600

Not arguing with your numbers, but if this is the case, how does Obama lead in the popular vote so far?

Clinton Leads Obama Among White, Hispanic, and Asian Voters

Jacob Freeze — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 08:24:53 -0600

Thanks to the tireless arithmetic of David Terr at usaelectionpolls.com for providing a break-down of exit polls in the primaries so far by race and ethnicity.

Clinton leads Obama by 53% to 39% among white voters.

Clinton leads Obama by 58% to 39% among Hispanic voters.

Clinton leads Obama by 71% to 25% among Asian voters.

Obama leads Clinton by 80% to 17% among black voters.