By now we can pretty much tell that there’s a growing class divide between supporters of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. More college educated and upper class Democrats support the former while more lower and working class Democrats support the latter. This has led to some rather embarrassing attempts by Obama in an attempt to appeal to lower class voters (and in his defense, I believe it was said he hadn’t bowled in many years). This is all fine and good, but is it masking a bigger issue here?
The other thing to remember about the primaries so far is that black people have supported Obama by huge margins no matter where he’s been, and it’s been the white vote that’s split hard across class lines. The question is, with both candidates having policy platforms that are virtually identical, are lower class white people sticking behind Hillary solely because she is white?
I’m sure the answer to this question is far more complex, but you have to wonder sometimes…
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