http://www.opendemocracy.net/usa/blog/obama_as_white_as_kerry Comments for "Obama: as white as Kerry?, openUSA " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/usa/blog/obama_as_white_as_kerry <p> Interesting findings in a recent Gallup poll: it seems Obama enjoys as much white support as <a href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/107110/Obamas-Support-Similar-Kerrys-2004.aspx">John Kerry did in 2004</a>. </p> <p> <img src="http://media.gallup.com/poll/graphs/20080507Support1_dfrety.gif" alt="" /> </p> <p> It&#39;s obviously early days yet in the Obama-McCain battle, but such statistics encourage the view that Obama has in fact succeeded in building a wide coalition of support, making mince meat of the Clinton campaign&#39;s <a href="http://online.wsj.com/public/article/declarations.html">desperate suggestions</a> on Thursday that Obama&#39;s push for the nomination rested on the backs of black voters. The following months should provide Obama the opportunity to broaden his base of support even more. </p> &nbsp;<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/usa/blog/obama_as_white_as_kerry" class="read-more" title="Read the rest of this posting.">Read the rest of this post...</a><p><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/usa/blog/obama_as_white_as_kerry">read more</a></p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/usa/blog/obama_as_white_as_kerry#comment Clinton elections mccain Obama openUSA openUSA race USA USA Fri, 09 May 2008 12:19:43 +0100 openUSA 42893 at http://www.opendemocracy.net