Wright Saps Obama’s White Vote

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By Amanda Carpenter

Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama lost the white vote by dramatic margins to rival Hillary Clinton in Indiana and North Carolina’s primary contests Tuesday.

The decrease in support from white, working class voters may be attributed to Obama’s suggestion that “http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=4286” to guns and religion and his refusal to support the suspension of the federal gas tax to offset the rising price of gasoline, but is widely interpreted as backlash for closely associating with the controversial black pastor Reverend Jeremiah Wright.

Obama overwhelmingly North Carolina, largely by the black vote which he dominated 91 percent, but only carried 26 percent of the white vote.

Clinton won Indiana, securing 60 percent of white Democratic primary voters to Obama’s 40 percent. It’s worth noting Obama won 92 percent of black Democrats in Indiana, where the black population is considerably smaller than North Carolina. Indianans and North Carolinians went to the polls with Wright on their minds. According to exit polls, 46 percent of Indiana Democratic primary voters said Wright was “important.” 72 percent of those voters voted for Clinton. In North Carolina, 47 percent of Democratic primary voters said Wright was “important.” 59 percent of those voters voted for Clinton.

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2008-05-07