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Wednesday, February 20, 2008 12:00 AM

How Obama won Wisconsin

The Illinois senator did well with campus liberals, white men, crossover Republicans and independents, but he made inroads into Clinton's working-class base too.
By Edward McClelland

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  • Wednesday, February 20, 2008 07:42 AM

    Ignoring women voters

    I enjoy Salon's coverage, but I would point that Salon consistently refuses to analyze women's votes when Obama wins. Obama's strength among total women is a predictor of his success. In Wisconsin, he trailed Clinton by three points among women in an mostly white state. Clinton's base of "identity" supporters is shrinking. The Steinem-gambit, the defend-Chelsea gambit, etc etc are not sufficiently inspiring her base to make up for voters alienated by the Clintons' tactics.

    I can't find any exit polling for Hawaii, but Obama's victory was so lopsided that it seems unlikely that he didn't win a majority of female caucus-goers.

    —Anonymous

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