5.13.2008

Back-of-envelope

Halperin says that 17 percent of West Virginians think that Clinton should drop from the race.

If everyone who believed this was an Obama supporter, and 60 percent of Obama's supporters believed this, that would imply that Obama got about 28 percent of the votes.

Anyway, there are few silver linings for Obama in the exit polling data, and there are a lot of talking points that will frustrate his campaign for a couple of days. As I've said before, the best thing the campaign could do would be to change the subject by rolling out some particularly interesting superdelegate endorsements tomorrow.

UPDATE: Okay, we can do some better back-of-envelope stuff. Clinton won the commander-in-chief question 68/29. The AP data I linked to above says that about 1 in 10 Obama supporters said that Clinton would make the better commander-in-chief, whereas "very few" Clinton supporters said that of Obama.

If we assume that 2 percent of Obama's commander-in-chief points came from Clinton voters, that leaves 27 percent that came from Obama voters. If 27 percent represents 90 percent of Obama's support, that means he got about 30 percent of the state's vote.

20 comments

icebergslim said...

AGREED.

Derek said...

I was trying to think how I'd answer that question. I don't want her to drop out until May 21. So I don't think I'm part of that 17%.

Anonymous said...

Why is Obama wearing flag lapel pins now? It just fuels the criticism and makes him look like a panderer.

538/poblano said...

Anon,

Let's not go there, but I'd point out that he was wearing the pin while speaking to a group of veterans.

Anonymous said...

He's wearing it again during his Missouri factory speech on national TV. Guess what everyone will be talking about after the speech? The substance of the speech or the pin?

Nicholas Beaudrot said...

If you use the numbers on the gas tax, you can end up with something between 65% and 70% for Clinton.

.7C + .48O = 63
.3C + .52O = 37

jr1886 said...

Clinton 67%
Obama 30%
Others/Edwards 3%

Anonymous said...

Totally anecdotal but I have a friend in WV who's voting for Clinto but also said she thinks Clinton should drop out of the race. Crazy.

Anonymous said...

The pin Obama's wearing was given by a vet.

Anonymous said...

You are the best. Just the facts maam, nothing but the facts.

Anonymous said...

Exit polls up: Clinton 65, Obama 32.

Derek said...

I wonder if the exits will have to be adjusted later in favor of Clinton just as they were in OH.

Anonymous said...

I think anything over 30% for Obama (and less than a 40pt loss) will be a good outcome under the circumstances

kubla000 said...

OBAMA VICTORY!!!

CNN'S EXIT DATA EXTRAPOLATION SHOWS

CLINTON 65
OBAMA 32

How?

Obama: 37% (Men) X 49% (Males) + 27%(Women) X 51% (Females)

Clinton: 59% (Men) x 49% (Males) + 71% (Women) X 51% (Females)

AllenJMears said...

A great Obama FUNDRAISING month in April would also change the subject quickly, and would reinforce with viewers that Clinton's campaign has been broke for a long time.

marathon said...

Yep...that's about the breakdown I figured from the exit polls. If it holds, he only lost by a little worse ratio than he won by in Virginia.

If Virginia was still one state, he'd have won it!

bedir than average said...

good call

I wouldn't be surprised about Obama releasing his April numbers tonight or tomorrow. It changes the narrative, and as we have all learned, narrative is more important than actual news for our news organizations.

Preyanka said...

Hi Poblano,

Forgive me if you've answered this elsewhere, but based on your analysis of Obama's strengths and weaknesses with voters, who do you think he should choose as VP? Or, at least, what kind of VP candidate should he be looking at?

Also, I really hope the Obama campaign is paying attention to your work! The fact that they're already working on voter registration suggests that their data corresponds with yours.

Thank you for your excellent work!

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