The “white people who vote for Barack Obama” are not just any old white people. They are males under the age of 30.

The apparent Obama victories in red states are harder to read. A victory is usually defined within the candidate’s political party. All the major services display the statistics like that. Would there be another way to display the votes received as a percentage of all votes cast in the primary that would give a more accurate view of the candidate’s strength?

Nice try Flooper, but next time do your homework.

Senior citizens just don’t vote for Obama. Maybe they think he’s too green with only two years experience in the national scene. He hasn’t even been there long enough to figure out where to park the car.

Here is one typical:
http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1447

What are you talking about? Thirty-nine percent of Louisiana voters over the age of sixty-five are probably black. There seem to be so many people with various names posting the same vague Obama cheerleader fluff and non-information here and NONE of them ever posts a link. Maybe they think they can get by on good looks and charm.

Except for one minor detail, Peregrin.

First of all, Iowa exit polls are not going to tell you anything about Louisiana voters.

Second of all, in Iowa (yes, the link you provided after so much sniveling) Edwards and Clinton both beat out Obama in the 45 to 64 age group and the over 65 group as well, even with Republicans crossing over to cast spoiler votes for Obama. Obama finished a distant third.

Oh, but facts are such a “fetish”.

My 84 yr. old white mom said she’ll vote for Obama when PA gets its turn.

Go read jerseydem’s piece again. He did not say any such thing.

Jerseydem questioned whether (1) young idealistic voters are being manipulatged by conservatives behind the scene (2)voters are willing to see a black executive branch (3)an extreme liberal can be elected. The last two questions are yes, about electability.

The Republicans asked the electability question about Romney and now Romney is out of the race. They intend to win, in spite of Bush, and they just might do it. It is a pertinent question.

No, jerseydem is not a Republican. Not if he was a McGovern campaign manager. If you recall, no one had a problem with McGovern in the primaries. He had a great voting record and was anti-war to boot–but he lost in 48 states. Only his home state of South Dakota and the Teddy Kennedy machine of the kingdom of Massachusetts was willing to vote for him. Democrats were not willing to listen to electbility questions and that’s how we got Nixon for president.

Jerseydem is nervous about turning over the government of the most powerful nation in the world to a junior senator, no matter how charismatic.

I don’t think Clinton’s senate experience is the only thing being considered. She is not exactly green when it comes to state and national policy work. She is not an unknown factor–she been around long enough to be vetted.

People also look at stuff like character. They are impressed with McCain’s war record, and also that he is less ideologically driven and more pragmatic than other Republicans. That’s probably why Clinton appeals to some centrist Republicans too–she is pragmatic as well. People like Obama and Huckabee are less centrist and don’t appeal to as broad a political spectrum. When it comes right down to it, most of the Obama and Huckabee supporters will probably vote for whoever is the party nominee. The Ron Paul supporters will probably stay home.

Looking at a Democratic primary isn’t going to give you much idea about Republicans.

A lot of conservatives are unhappy with McCain. Not that I keep up with Limbaugh, but he is probably one of them.