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highplainsdem

(49,038 posts) Mon Nov 5, 2012, 07:07 PM Nov 2012

Internals of last Pew poll (Obama leading) shows Romney's lead w/ whites almost entirely from South

Was alerted to this when I saw this tweet from Grist's David Roberts:

https://twitter.com/drgrist/status/265585669198446593

David Roberts
@drgrist

White Likely Voters, via Pew: NE: 51-41; MW: 42-51; WE: 45-48; SO: 27-66. Obama's "white problem" overwhelmingly a SOUTHERN white problem.

4:45 PM - 5 Nov 12

So that latest Pew poll showed white voters favoring Obama by 10 points in the Northeast, but Romney leading Obama among white voters by 3 points in the West and 9 in the Midwest...and 39 points in the South.

Link to PDF file with the compete poll report:

http://www.people-press.org/files/legacy-pdf/11-4-12%20Election%20Weekend%20Release.pdf

Those numbers are on page 10.

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Internals of last Pew poll (Obama leading) shows Romney's lead w/ whites almost entirely from South (Original Post) highplainsdem Nov 2012 OP

If true (and Pew is very good) Obama is a narrow loser just among us banned from Kos Nov 2012 #1

Holy cow! 27%? Skinner Nov 2012 #2

So that blows the MSM meme that Obama has a problem with white voters doc03 Nov 2012 #3

Once again, I am proud to live in the Northeast. We aren't perfect, but we are better than bluestate10 Nov 2012 #4

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! for the NE! nt Auntie Bush Nov 2012 #5

Someone save this for the next "quit bashing the south" thread! Won't have long to wait. retread Nov 2012 #6

kick highplainsdem Nov 2012 #7

banned from Kos

(4,017 posts)

1. If true (and Pew is very good) Obama is a narrow loser just among us

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Nov 5, 2012, 07:12 PM

Nov 2012

whites.

Great!

Let everyone vote and WE WIN!

Skinner

(63,645 posts)

2. Holy cow! 27%?

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Nov 5, 2012, 07:16 PM

Nov 2012

WTF?

doc03

(35,374 posts)

3. So that blows the MSM meme that Obama has a problem with white voters

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Nov 5, 2012, 07:26 PM

Nov 2012

it doesn't matter we can win without the south. I was just thinking about that this afternoon when one of the motormouths on MSNBC said Obama had a problem with male voters, I' ll bet that number is also skewed because southern white men.