Texas Polls: Obama And Clinton Maintain Demographic Groups

Exit polls from Texas show Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton holding on to the demographic groups that have come to personify their campaigns.

According to MSNBC's numbers, men supported Obama, 52 to 46 percent, while females - which made up 57 percent of the Democratic primary-goers - went with Clinton by a margin, 53-46.

Clinton trounced Obama among Latinos, 63 to 35 percent and bested Obama with the white vote as well, 55-44. Obama, meanwhile and expectedly, won the black vote (19 percent of those polled) by a margin of 85 percent to 15 percent.

Unlike Clinton's advantage in Ohio, low-income families were split evenly between the two candidates. Obama and Clinton both got 50 percent of the vote among those who earned between $15,000 and $30,000.

The two candidates also split the vote among those who thought the economy was the most important issue. Obama bested Clinton slightly, 52-47, among those who valued most the war in Iraq.

The one area where Obama far exceeded Clinton was among the 44 percent of Texas Democratic primary voters who said they wanted a candidate who "can bring about needed change." The Illinois Democrat took 72 percent of that particular group, compared to Clinton's 27 percent.

On the flip side, 65 percent of Texas voters said Clinton was the candidate who offered "clear and detailed plans to solve the country's problems." Fifty-three percent said that description fit Obama.

Finally, in recent days, Clinton had stepped up the aggressiveness of her campaign, attacking Obama on his national security credentials and position on NAFTA. And, perhaps as a result, 24 percent of voters thought she was unfair with her treatment of Obama and only seven percent thought it was the other way around.

Comments

[scott4375]

FURIOUS AND CLINTON
When I saw the press conference that she had with the generals or whatever and then when I heard her say that only she and McCain were worthy of being Commander in Chief, I got sick. It's so obvious that she will do ANYTHING to get this nomination, including destroy the Democratic party. Here is my prediction. If Hillary Clinton steals this nomination in some kind of back room deal or destroys Obama with personal attacks and lies, then come November, African Americans and the youth vote will be lost. At that point... John McCain will waltz into the White House and then the wars and chaos will continue. I used to like the Clintons, but now have realized that their personal ambition is monstrous. In terms of a shared ticket, she just blew that out of the water with her comments about Obama's being unfit to be Commander in Chief. How could she pick him as VP, after she has destroyed him in the public's mind. I hope that the other 527's and non-affiliated groups go after Hillary with "issue" ads that point up her lies and deviousness. They might start with the VOTE ON THE CLUSTER BOMBS BAN. Check it out!

[viv2008]

a couple of those republican idiots may have listened to those radio heads who told them to vote for clinto just to mess things up in the democratic primary.

[Orikinla]

Hillary Clinton has guts, skills and wits.

Obama is still wet behind the ears and needs more grooming.

[KDH]

Sam forgot to mention that Obama lost his Independent and Republican voter advantage in Texas. Clinton and Obama split them evenly.

[lboucher]

New elections in Michigan and Florida!!

[HowardRoarke]

"65 percent of Texas voters said Clinton was the candidate who offered "clear and detailed plans to solve the country's problems." Fifty-three percent said that description fit Obama."

That's Obama's fault. He messed up by interesting to listen to and inspiring. He gave the media too many better TV moments to talk about, rather than his extensive plans.

She has very few positive media qualities, so the media threw her the "detailed" bone. That's all those folks remember.