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  • June 2008

    • To Court Blue-Collar Vote, Light Up

      New York Times  |  Jun 17, 08 10:00 AM CDT

      To Court Blue-Collar Vote, Light Up

      (Newser) - Everyone has ideas about how Barack Obama can attract the working-class white voters that eluded him in the primaries. Author Tony Horwitz goes for the throat: Start smoking again. West Virginia and Kentucky, where Hillary Clinton clobbered Obama, lead the nation in cigarette consumption among whites, and lighting up could help worse-off voters see him as one of their own. More »

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      Barack Obama  • smoking  • tobacco  • white voters  • working class  • cigarette  • working-class vote

  • May 2008
  • April 2008

    • Obama Shifts Blue-Collar Strategy

      New York Times  |  Apr 28, 08 7:18 AM CDT

      Obama Shifts Blue-Collar Strategy

      (Newser) - Moving to beef up his appeal to blue-collar voters in Indiana, Barack Obama is changing the tone of his campaign there, trading big rallies for more intimate town-hall sessions; the weekend included stops at a Methodist church and a basketball court, the New York Times reports. “I’ve got to be more present,” Obama said on Fox News. “I’ve got to be knocking on more doors.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • blue-collar vote  • campaign trail  • campaign tactics  • town hall meeting  • working-class vote

    • Demos to Watch in Pa. Vote

      Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 22, 08 11:29 AM CDT

      Demos to Watch in Pa. Vote

      (Newser) - Some of the election season’s most intriguing demographics will be out in force in today’s Pennsylvania primary. The Wall Street Journal breaks down who they are and how they might vote in November. Working-class white males mostly went red in 2006, supporting Republicans by a 14-point margin. Increased economic worries could swing some, but will they cross gender or racial lines? More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Election 2008  • Hillary Clinton  • Pennsylvania primary  • young voters  • demographics  • the Hispanic vote  • working-class vote  • general election

    • Obama Girl's Town Is Hot for Hillary

      McClatchy Newspapers  |  Apr 2, 08 1:28 PM CDT

      Obama Girl's Town Is Hot for Hillary

      (Newser) - Turns out that Obama Girl, aka Amber Lee Ettinger, hails from Hazleton, Pa., which is right in the heart of Clinton country. To get a sense of how her candidate’s message is getting through, McClatchy visited Ettinger’s family and neighbors in this former coal town near Scranton, Hillary’s family home. Turns out the town definitely does not share her crush on Obama. More »

  • March 2008

    • Clinton Speaks Working Class' Language

      Chicago Tribune  |  Mar 31, 08 11:00 AM CDT

      Clinton Speaks Working Class' Language

      (Newser) - Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign has been boosted by her ability to connect with blue-collar voters, despite her not-so-blue-collar personal history, Jim Tankersley writes in the Chicago Tribune . Analysts say Clinton's focus on economic issues, her clear speeches and her own past struggles in the public eye all help the candidate endear herself to working-class voters. More »

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      Hillary Clinton  • Hillary Clinton supporters  • working-class vote

    • Clinton Pulls Ahead in Polls

      Politico  |  Mar 20, 08 1:32 PM CDT

      Clinton Pulls Ahead in Polls

      (Newser) - Hillary Clinton has scored her first statistically significant national lead over Barack Obama in several weeks—49% to 42%—in a Gallup poll taken early this week, Reuters reports. And her edge in Pennsylvania has doubled since February, two new polls show. They put her lead at 51%-35% and 53%-41%, up from 44%-37% and 49%-43%, respectively, Politico reports. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Pennsylvania primary  • Jeremiah Wright  • white voters  • working-class vote

    • Obama Has Loose Ends to Tie Up

      Washington Post  |  Mar 7, 08 6:35 PM CST

      Obama Has Loose Ends to Tie Up

      (Newser) - Barack Obama “urgently needs to come up with a new speech,” Washington Post op-ed columnist Eugene Robinson writes: He must tap white working-class voters to win the nomination. "Obama managed to escape the danger of being pigeonholed as a 'black candidate,'" Robinson writes. “Now he has to avoid being pigeonholed as some kind of elitist smarty-pants.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • Pennsylvania  • bipartisanship  • working-class vote

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