Who dominates the electorate: the upper middle class or the lower middle class?
The polls so far indicate that poorer voters tend to favor Clinton, except in the black community, while the affluent tend to favor Obama. That’s good news for Obama in some states, since poorer voters usually don’t vote in as great numbers as the affluent. In New Hampshire in 2004, according to a CNN exit poll, those with incomes of more than $75,000 comprised 35 percent of the Democratic primary electorate — an extremely high total. Put another way, in the last presidential primary, college grads were 56 percent of the total New Hampshire Democratic vote. If those percentages stay the same in 2008, Obama is in decent shape, especially since Hillary faces competition from Edwards for lower-income voters. Hillary needs to expand the electorate to include more of these voters, particularly in the early primaries — which is why a heavy turnout may be a good sign for her. 4) Is there an unexpected youth vote? All along, the Obama campaign has been targeting youth. Historically, that’s b
