Obama exit polls

Needless to say, Obama trounced Clinton last night despite the crappy weather.

I’m a big poll watcher, and I’ve been looking to see if there were any trends coming out of the exit polls to see if Obama could increase his support coalition beyond blacks and progressive upper-income Democrats.

Indeed he has. I didn’t write the numbers down, but the networks were reporting last night after the Potomac primaries that for the first time,

Obama split the white vote with Hillary;

Obama took a majority of the (albeit relatively small) Latino vote;

Obama took a majority of those making under $50k a year;

Obama took a majority of men;

Obama took a majority of those over 60.

That’s the beginning of a very powerful coalition–one that I hope will extend to upcoming states.

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