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White women cold towards Obama
Politico ^ | 5/29/08 | DAVID PAUL KUHN

Posted on 05/29/2008 1:29:48 PM PDT by Dawnsblood

Barack Obama’s favorability ratings among white women have significantly depreciated in recent months, particularly among Democrats and independents, posing an immediate obstacle for the likely Democratic nominee as he moves to shore up his party’s base.

According to a new report by The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, half of white women now have a negative perception of Obama.

Forty-nine percent of white women view Obama unfavorably, while only 43 percent hold a favorable opinion. In February, 36 percent of these women viewed Obama unfavorably while 56 percent had a positive perception of the likely Democratic nominee.

Over the same period, Democratic white women’s negative view of Obama increased from 21 to 35 percent, while their positive view decreased from 72 to 60 percent – roughly the same rate as white women overall.

White men, in general and among Democrats, have only shown a slight drop off in their perception of Obama – one-third of the shift seen in white women. About 20 percent of Democratic white men have an unfavorable view of Obama, a figure which has remained stable since February.

Pew also found that among self-described Clinton supporters, the negative shift against Obama is more severe among women than men.

The Pew findings come as Obama’s campaign struggles to close up the primary race while also attempting to avoid the perception of pushing Hillary Clinton out, for fear of offending her most loyal supporters – the largest bloc of which are white women.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


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Do we call this the "Hillary" effect?
1 posted on 05/29/2008 1:29:48 PM PDT by Dawnsblood
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To: Dawnsblood

C’mon sweeties, get on board!


2 posted on 05/29/2008 1:31:07 PM PDT by scottinoc
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To: Dawnsblood

They don’t like Obama?

Sheesh. Typical white women.


3 posted on 05/29/2008 1:31:40 PM PDT by RepublitarianRoger2
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To: Dawnsblood

Obviously, typical white women are smarter than to fall for his so-called charm and audacity.


4 posted on 05/29/2008 1:32:01 PM PDT by NEMDF
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To: Dawnsblood
Where the white women at?

Sorry couldn't resist

5 posted on 05/29/2008 1:32:39 PM PDT by doodad
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To: Dawnsblood

“Ain’t no Mandingo.”


6 posted on 05/29/2008 1:33:59 PM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: RepublitarianRoger2

In Obama’s book, he called a friend of his an uncle tom for doing as Barack’s father did and persuing white women.

Now Barry is doing the same to get their support.

Obama flip flop.


7 posted on 05/29/2008 1:34:48 PM PDT by weegee (We cant keep our homes on 72 at all times & just expect that other countries are going to say OK -BO)
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To: Dawnsblood
it's ok, meet the new first lady:


8 posted on 05/29/2008 1:36:10 PM PDT by dubie
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To: doodad

Where the white women at?

Sorry couldn’t resist

LOL


9 posted on 05/29/2008 1:36:17 PM PDT by unkus
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To: RepublitarianRoger2

Obviously, they’re all racists,

while those 99% of blacks voting for Obama are just

“ethnically proud”.


10 posted on 05/29/2008 1:36:30 PM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: Dawnsblood

Whether you are a “Typical White Woman” or not, here’s all any Conservative needs to know about Barrack Hussein Obama:

Special Interest Group Ratings:

Planned Parenthood - 100% Support
National Right To Life - 0% Support
NARAL - 100% Support
Americans for Tax Reform - 0% Support
ACLU - 83% Support
NEA - 100% Support
NOW Hags - 100% Support
Citizens Against Government Waste - 13% Support
Gun Owners of America - 0% Support
NRA - “F” Rating
Federation for American Immigration Reform - 0% Support
US Border Patrol - 8% Support
Unions - 82% - 100% Support
Population Connection - 100% Support (These are the ‘Zero Growth’ freaks)

http://vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=BS030017

[Barrack Hussein Obama’s record in the Illinois senate:]

- Opposed the Defense of Marriage Act; would work to repeal it in the U.S. Senate; would not vote for any legislation that would restrict the ability of gays and lesbians to marry.
- Opposed the Born Alive Infant Protection Act four times in Illinois. A similar bill passed the U.S. Senate 98-0. The Born Alive bill would have prohibited a baby from being born alive but left to die according to the mother’s wishes. Obama inexplicably opposed this bill not once, twice, or three times, but four times.
- Obama took almost $90,000 in bundled contributions from the Council for a Livable World. The council is a well-known anti-defense organization.
- Obama puts rigid ideology before what’s best for the people of Illinois, and presumably he would do that as President as well. He has on several occasions made public his opposition to the NAFTA trade agreement and his belief that it must be negotiated. All the while thanks to NAFTA, Illinois exports $1.3 billion in agricultural goods to Canada.
- Obama refused to vote for a bill in the Illinois State Senate that would have increased penalties for drug traffickers.
- Obama voted against a bill that would have delivered the death penalty to gang members who murder first responders.
- Finally, just in case you thought it couldn’t get any worse, Obama was the only member of the Illinois State Senate to vote against a bill that prohibited early release for sexual predators.

Can’t kill the innocent fast enough, can’t free the guilty soon enough!


11 posted on 05/29/2008 1:38:09 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: MrB

I think he reminds them of the slick black guy who tried to talk his way into their pants in college.


12 posted on 05/29/2008 1:38:35 PM PDT by Oldexpat
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To: Dawnsblood
You know, I am looking forward to one thing in the Obama campaign--watching race baiters who want Obama to win to try to persuade whites to vote for him. Picture Jesse Jackson making nice to white folks. Well, actually, I can't picture it. What keeps coming to my imagination is that they'll try to threaten--"Vote for Obama or I'll call you a racist!"

Of course, race baiters are already accused of not wanting Obama to win.

13 posted on 05/29/2008 1:40:16 PM PDT by Mamzelle
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To: Dawnsblood

I don’t know about this. Most of the people I know who are supporters of Obama are white liberal women — sho seem more interested in him for his “charisma” than for any political position he stands for.


14 posted on 05/29/2008 1:40:29 PM PDT by Fractal Trader
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To: Dawnsblood

Aunt Esther isn’t going to like this.


15 posted on 05/29/2008 1:41:29 PM PDT by joebuck (Finitum non capax infinitum!)
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To: Dawnsblood
Barack Obama’s favorability ratings among white women have significantly depreciated in recent months

I think this is scrapping the bottom of the barrel for those who are looking for ways to annoy people...

16 posted on 05/29/2008 1:43:11 PM PDT by John123 (Obama said that he has been in 57 states. I will now light myself on fire...)
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To: dubie

17 posted on 05/29/2008 1:43:24 PM PDT by South40 (Amnesty is a slap in the face to the USBP!)
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To: Dawnsblood
Obama girl respectfully disagrees.

It's truly scary to imagine Barry Hussein as prez with a rat congress. Not sure if America could ever recover...

Sigh.

18 posted on 05/29/2008 1:43:45 PM PDT by newfreep ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." - P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: Dawnsblood
I'll say!
Hillary wants to shoot the S.O.B.!!!!


19 posted on 05/29/2008 1:45:08 PM PDT by Bon mots
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To: Fractal Trader
No offense here but what you report is strictly anecdotal while PEW has done National polling on the issue. I'm not saying I'm a fan of PEW, in fact I believe they engage in somewhat biased (liberal) polling, but never the less anecdotal evidence is notrepresentitive of the general population.
20 posted on 05/29/2008 1:47:42 PM PDT by lexusppd
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