By the two most common measures--family income and education--Hillary Clinton appears to have eeked out her narrow victory in New Hampshire by taking a populist advantage, according to exit polls. Although it certainly wasn't the overt thrust of her campaign, it certainly was a distinct, if not overwhelming result, while Edwards, he did run an overtly populist campaign, showed no appreciable class difference, and Obama skewed wealthier and more educated:
Vote By Income
Family income:
% Total
Clinton
Edwards
Obama
$15-30,000
9
51
14
30
$30-50,000
18
44
16
32
$50-75,000
23
33
19
40
$75-100,000
16
36
18
42
$100-150,000
17
33
17
44
$150-200,000
6
46
15
34
$200,000 or More
6
37
12
43
Vote By Income
Family income:
% Total
Clinton
Edwards
Obama
Less than $50,000
33
47
15
32
$50,000 or more
67
35
17
41
Vote By Education
Last grade of school completed
% Total
Clinton
Edwards
Obama
No High School
3
61
9
28
High school graduate
17
46
17
31
Some college / associate degree
27
40
16
40
College graduate
29
38
18
37
Postgraduate study
24
31
16
43
Vote By Education
Last grade of school completed
% Total
Clinton
Edwards
Obama
High school graduate or less
19
49
16
30
More than high school grad
81
37
17
40
As Chris noted:
Over the last twenty-four hours, there were media character assassination attempts against Clinton because she showed emotion, or something. That simply must have been what put Obama over the top. Seriously--nothing else really happened in the last twenty-four hours, so that must be the cause. Looks like that attempt to take Clinton down completely backfired.
These are the people who are most familiar with the unearned humiliation and contempt that was heaped on Clinton with such evident glee, and they are the ones who gave her the edge. I am not a Clinton supporter, but I totally get the logic of their vote, and fully sympathize. Maybe the best possible outcome of this election would be a series of different, unexpected blows against the Versailles punditalkcrazy and their "conventional wisdom."
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