Thursday, November 26, 2009

Campaign 2008

Many Women Don't Feel Obligated to Vote for Clinton

Obama is trying to appeal to female voters in his effort to win the Pennsylvania primary

Posted April 18, 2008
A crowd of Obama supporters applaud at an event in Malvern, PA.
A crowd of Obama supporters applaud at an event in Malvern, PA.

And also according to the Lifetime poll, Obama was making some progress nationally with women. Twenty-three percent of the women surveyed said they liked him more than they did at the beginning of the primaries, with 22 percent liking him less. Many of those who held a more negative opinion of the candidate offered his relationship with Wright as the reason. It's too early to see if the recent comments will cause the same reaction among women as Wright did. Clinton, on the other hand, saw a smaller percentage of women finding her more appealing since the beginning of the primaries.

But now, with the most recent campaign controversy still stirring, Obama must continue to make sure he grabs a significant swath of women in Pennsylvania. The polls so far haven't shown much of a negative impact. But while women may not feel obligated to vote for Clinton simply because she's a woman, they may vote for her if they feel she's more in touch with them.

Reader Comments

mere woman

I believe that all woman have a say in the voting, we have as much rights as a man would.

who should win

Honestly they all are going to try to act republican just to scrape republican votes, hilary is doing it and so is obama. I think obama will be a fresh face in office. Not because he is black but because he is new. We all knew hillary as the presidents wife before, but then obama came out of no where. This country is due for a change, we should also make judges in the suprem court have 4 years on the bench so we can get new ways of thinking in our government. Its about time we have a change. Vote Obama

Hillary and Bill Clinton are habitual liars and cheats

Wakeup people - do you want the whitehouse to become a whorehouse again? The only reason hillary supposedly forgave bill for his unfaithful nature is that he promised to help her become President of the United State of America. Yes, her running for president was planned and plotted by the Clintons. Senator Barack Obama through a monkey wrench into their conspiracy; however, the Clintons as the biggest bigots you will ever see believe for Barack to become president over Hillary is not only a fantasy - he don't stand a chance in hell because he is a black man. Hillary and Bill Clinton are merely partners in crime, and feel Hillary is entitled to the whitehouse and that black supporters will help them accomplish their conspiracy to take over the whitehouse and embarrase the country one last time. Why else would HELLARY! be willing to take on this task. If the American people are not extremely careful the Clintons will obtain their goal. After an many around their inner circles know the Clintons think about me, myself and I. The suckers who allow them to get into the big white house again, definitely deserves everything the Clintons gives them - yes plenty more of Monica Lowenskis.

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