Polarization
Obama wins Mississippi, yet Clinton may have gotten her wish
Photo Credit : Lost Albatross @ Flickr.com Obama may have won Mississippi but I have a feeling the junior senator from New York may have enjoyed seeing most of her supporters wouldn't vote for the Senator of Illinois. CNN has the 411 on exit polls :
Of those who voted for Obama, 42 percent said they would be satisfied if Clinton was the nominee, according to the exit polls.
Among Clinton voters, only 16 percent said they would be satisfied if Obama wins the party's top spot.
The exit polls are based on surveys of 925 voters in Mississippi's Democratic primary.
What's interesting to me is that even with a third of the white vote, Obama beat her. Let's look at the actual exit poll numbers to see how it happened.
73% of white voters went to Clinton whereas 90% of African Americans went to Obama. When asked about the candidates' race, Obama's blackness was important to 62% of respondents. Of course, that number could be interpreted as important to vote for Obama or important to vote against him. Either way, race was a big decider in this state.
Elections | Polarization | 2008 Presidential Elections | Barak Obama | Democratic Party | Hillary Clinton | Mississippi | Primaries
