Posted by Jed Lewison on Sat Jun 7, 2008 at 11:40 PM Pacific

Now let's not get carried away here...

TPM's Greg Sargent writes (emphasis added):

It needs to be said that Hillary struck an extraordinarily difficult balancing act with real grace and eloquence. On the one hand, she needed to signal that she has built a movement of her own and to reinforce the idea that she is the undisputed leader of American women -- both as a genuine point of pride and as proof of her undiminishing influence. Hence the repeated references to the 18 million votes she earned.

Here's a couple of interesting stats breaking down the vote in primary states, presented, as they say, without editorial comment:

  • Among all women in primary states: HRC 53%, BHO 45%
  • Among white women in primary states: HRC 61%, BHO 35%
  • Among non-white women in primary stats: HRC 37%, BHO 63%

Obama actually won the female vote in 14 primaries. He only won the white female vote three times, however. About two-thirds of female primary voters were white.

(I computed these statistics using exit poll data from MSNBC.com and turnout data from state elections offices. The numbers do not include caucus states which would shift the numbers favorably towards Obama, but no data exists. They also do not include Michigan or Puerto Rico.)

Now let's not get carried away here...

TPM's Greg Sargent writes (emphasis added):

It needs to be said that Hillary struck an extraordinarily difficult balancing act with real grace and eloquence. On the one hand, she needed to signal that she has built a movement of her own and to reinforce the idea that she is the undisputed leader of American women -- both as a genuine point of pride and as proof of her undiminishing influence. Hence the repeated references to the 18 million votes she earned.

Here's a couple of interesting stats breaking down the vote in primary states, presented, as they say, without editorial comment:

  • Among all women in primary states: HRC 53%, BHO 45%
  • Among white women in primary states: HRC 61%, BHO 35%
  • Among non-white women in primary stats: HRC 37%, BHO 63%

Obama actually won the female vote in 14 primaries. He only won the white female vote three times, however. About two-thirds of female primary voters were white.

(I computed these statistics using exit poll data from MSNBC.com and turnout data from state elections offices. The numbers do not include caucus states which would shift the numbers favorably towards Obama, but no data exists. They also do not include Michigan or Puerto Rico.)

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