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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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  • Thursday, February 21, 2008 01:18 PM

    Thrasymachus

    Oh, any the point about his margin of victory being skewed by caucuses is borne out by the large discrepancy in the Washington caucus vs. the Washington primary. In the caucus, when 244,000 people voted, he had a victory margin of 37 percent. In the primary, when much more than twice as many people voted, his margin of victory was 3 percent. Again, well worth claiming victory but hardly the stomping too many Obama people want to claim

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