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ARG Says Obama Is Winning in West Virginia

by: West Virginia Lover

Thu Oct 09, 2008 at 14:39:34 PM EDT


( - promoted by Clem Guttata)

A new ARG poll is out, and the news is terrific for everyone who reads this blog.  It's the first time a poll has shown Barack Obama leading John McCain in the Mountain State:

Obama 50
McCain 42

West Virginia Lover :: ARG Says Obama Is Winning in West Virginia
According to the poll, McCain leads Republicans by 79% to 10%, but Obama's lead comes from his strength among Democrats (76-20) and Independents (50-38).

Men in West Virginia now are almost as likely to support Obama as they are to support McCain (McCain 49, Obama 46), and Obama shows real strength among women in Virginia (Obama 54, McCain 36).  Obama leads among voters both above and below 50.

The poll was taken October 4-8, 2008.  It included 600 likely voters and had a margin of error: ± 4 percentage points.

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oops (4.00 / 2)
Missed this earlier or I would have promoted it first and not diared on the topic, too...

This is such good news it's worth repeating!


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YES! WE! CAN! (4.00 / 3)
Even West Virginia, once one of the most Democratic states in the country-it voted for Dukakis and was one of the six states won by Jimmy Carter in 1980-is now moving in to Republican territory for Presidential years.  It's not as Republican as Kentucky, but like Kentucky it's unlikely to go Democratic regardless of the Democratic nominee, even if it were Clinton.  

The press, however, will lap up the talking points of the pundits, Clinton spinners (and Republicans) that losing Kentucky and West Virginia means that Obama won't do well with White voters, when it really means voters in Appalachia aren't ready to vote for a Black candidate, even though in most of the rest of the country they are.


DHinMI in How Kentucky, West Virginia and racism could screw up the Clinton exit

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Han Solo: Never tell me the odds.

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Carnacki (4.00 / 2)
Todd Beeton at MyDD calls out to you in the last paragraph of his story about the WV poll.

Down with Capito!

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