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TODAY'S STORIES
04.03.2008
Race and Gender Both Helped Clinton

I just noticed something really interesting from that CNN exit poll I mentioned below. One question asked if the candidate's gender was important. 17% said yes, and of them, Clinton won 57-43. So voters who wanted a female candidate outnumbered those who did not. Another question asked if the candidate's race was important. 20% said yes, and of those, Clinton again won 57-43. So voters who did not want a black candidate outnumbered those who did. Race and gender both seemed to cut in Clinton's favor -- which may not be a shock, since whites and females outnumbered blacks and males.

In both questions, voters who did not care about race or gender split evenly. Clinton's winning margin -- assuming the exits hold up, and it is close enough that maybe it won't -- came from the pro-female, anti-black (or, I guess, anti-male, pro-white) vote.

--Jonathan Chait

Posted: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 8:16 PM with 3 comment(s)

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mschol17 said:

I.e. Old people are racist

March 4, 2008 9:06 PM

porterm said:

Jonathan -- Stop your race and gender baiting.  Hillary also clobbered Obama (53%-45%) among the overwhelming majorities of Ohio voters who said that race and gender were not important considerations to their vote

March 5, 2008 4:11 PM

stephenwo said:

porterm,

Would you mind disclosing your race and gender.  For the sake of full disclosure.  I'm a white male and an Obama supporter.

Regards,

Stephen

March 5, 2008 4:40 PM