Obama Breaks Through In “Stereotypical” Redneck Country

Posted by admin on 2008 October 6

According to Simon Tisdall in the Guardian,

Aggressive advertising by Obama claiming, contentiously, that McCain would tax healthcare and privatise social security has had a big impact on older Floridians, the analyst said. Obama is currently an average three points ahead in the Sunshine state. A similar picture obtains in traditionally conservative Virginia, Ohio, and Nevada. The Democrat has even edged ahead in stereotypically redneck North Carolina.

One of my favorite websites for obsessing over the presidential polls, FiveThirtyEight, shows the phenomenon in color,