January 27, 2008 at 09:28:35 Headlined on 1/27/08: by Rob Kall Page 1 of 1 page(s) | |    |
Taking the exit polls that CNN has posted for the South Carolina Democratic primary, Obama pulled 24% of the non-black vote, which made up about 45% of the democratic votes cast in SC. On a day when Edwards supporters are feeling disappointed and dejected there's a bit of good news.
Nobody has mentioned that John Edwards came in second among non-black voters, pulling about 5% more than Hillary Clinton.
OpEdNews did a statistical analysis of the exit poll data CNN reported here, looking at the vote by race and age chart. We found that, combining the age ranges, Edwards pulled 51.1% and Hillary pulled 48.9% of the non-black voters who did not vote for Obama. The numbers are close, but since these are exit polls, with a much bigger sample size, they mean something.
Who knows what this means? Can Edwards use this in some way to build his case for Super-Tuesday? Does it suggest that in states where the black population is lower, like California, Edwards will do much better, at least, than Hillary?
What do you think?
Rob Kall is executive editor and publisher of OpEdNews.com, President of Futurehealth, Inc, inventor and organizer of several conferences, including StoryCon, the Summit Meeting on the Art, Science and Application of Story and The Winter Brain Meeting on neurofeedback, biofeedback, Optimal Functioning and Positive Psychology. He is a frequent Speaker on Politics, Impeachment, The art, science and power of story, heroes and the hero's journey, Positive Psychology, Stress, Biofeedback and a wide range of subjects. See more of his articles here and, older ones, here.
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