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Jen the Michigander


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http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/house-races/127877-hillary-voters-abandon-democrats-

The blue-collar voters who supported Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential run deserted her party in droves on Tuesday, according to a new poll.

Democrats' support from white, non-college-educated male voters dropped 12 percent from 2008, according to a survey Greenberg Quinlan Rosner conducted Nov. 2-3 for Democracy Corps and Campaign for America's Future.

Only 29 percent of blue-collar men support Democrats in 2010, down from 41 percent last cycle, according to the survey of 1,000 2008 voters, of which 897 voted on Tuesday.

"These are gigantic losses," Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg, whose firm conducted the survey, said on a conference call with reporters Friday.

Greenberg said President Obama and the Democratic leadership failed to articulate a clear economic message.

The process surrounding the healthcare bill, which passed in March, reinforced the perception voters' had that the Democrats were spending too much time bickering with the GOP, increasing federal spending and listening to lobbyists instead of average people on major legislation.

According to the survey, Republicans took the lead in May and Democrats weren't able to close the gap before Election Day.


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This is the tip of the iceberg.  Women left the Dems at the polls this election also.

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Yep, women left in droves, and most of us, for different reasons than the blue collar males. No need to mention the reason women left - we all know it. But, it should be pointed out that the blue collar males are probably much more likely to return to the party than are the women - at least this woman. When the party betrayed the long-term loyal Dem women, it lost the trust and loyalty of a big group of Dems. It will take a lot of effort to get them back, imo.

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F**K the Democrats!!! They lost me when they did that to Hillary and they will NEVER get me back. I do not forgive, I do not forget. It's that simple.

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Women and gays left the Dems as well in record numbers

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Hillarysmygirl16 wrote:

Women and gays left the Dems as well in record numbers


HMG, I wish I could find the article I read about gay voting this time out, but the number was 36% of gays voted Republican where it was usually 23% in a given election.

I think the gay community has really woken up to the fact that we are one the Democrats' "poster child" causes.  And since NEITHER party really intends to help us out on a national level, we are going to start looking out for our wallets.

Bottom line, most gays can't afford (literally) to vote Democrat anymore.

 



-- Edited by VotedHillary on Sunday 7th of November 2010 12:48:44 PM

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