No one seems to be able to say why she did so much better than expected in the Philly suburbs. One reason is that women made up 58% of voters, but it really doesn’t explain her runaway win.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton won Pennsylvania on Tuesday in large part because she kept Sen. Barack Obama from burying her in Philadelphia and did much better than expected in the suburbs, targeted by both sides as the key battleground.Obama needed to offset Clinton’s strength elsewhere by rolling up big margins in the city and carrying the suburbs – homes to large numbers of the African American, affluent and college-educated Democratic voters who coalesced behind Obama elsewhere.
Instead, Clinton clobbered Obama by a 2-1 ratio in Bucks County and carried Montgomery County, albeit narrowly. Obama scored impressive victories in Delaware and Chester Counties, winning each by 55 percent to 45 percent.
oh, come on, based on my
oh, come on, based on my conversatons at the polls in Delaware County, it was simple rascism
suburbs
I don’t consider less than 10% a runaway and we still don’t know the effect of broken polling booths. Lets not forget that Obama refused(to his credit) walking around money to get the vote out. He took the high ground and that probably cost him.
Both campaigns refused
Last I heard both campaigns refused, not just St. Obama.
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