Guest post by Grey
The Los Angeles Times finds that West Virginia could spell trouble for Obama; a few of his supporters are worried about his electability in November and, according to Merle Black, professor of politics and government at Emory University, “In addition to the race factor, you’ve got huge cultural differences between them and Obama on guns and religion and many of the issues that would make those voters think he doesn’t represent their interests.” As irony would have it, white male voters are the most sought after voting bloc:
Obama’s support among white male voters, the most tightly contested bloc over the primary season, has slipped. He did well early on in states such as Virginia, where he took 52% of the white male vote to Clinton’s 47%. But this week, Obama lost, 58% to 42%, among white men in Indiana and 55% to 42% in North Carolina. He has won majorities of white male voters in 10 states since January, but Clinton bested him in 13 others, including the critical northern battlegrounds of Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Senator Clinton is expected to win West Virginia, and comfortably, but a big win is only significant if it also narrows the gap in the popular vote. Bill Clinton was in Madison yesterday; he warned the crowd not to fall for media chatter that would have this race all but decided and argued that a large turnout in the state could help Sen. Clinton clinch the nomination:
“We gotta have your help and get the largest number of people to show up on election day. See all this stuff you are hearing about is an attempt to discourage you. That’s what this is, pure and simple, hoping, well, Hillary can get eighty percent of the vote in West Virginia, and if only 100,000 people show up it is not enough. But if 600,000 people show up, and you say we want a president than you will see the earth move. You can do it.”
Call, donate, knock on doors, volunteer your time. It’s time to make the earth move.
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