Another angle to discuss on this board is voiced by 'Dr. Retail', who seems to be some kind of alternate persona for David Brooks, who asks "Why would Democratic votes break down so starkly along educational lines?"
My own anecdotal evidence shows this be true in Boston: in Chelsea, the poorest city in MA, 69% of dem voters selected Hillary. Whereas a couple miles away, in Cambridge (Harvard/MIT), 63% of dem voters picked Obama. (I know, this isnt a scientific analysis).
I suppose this is one of the reasons why I think Hillary is more electable, because I think she has greater appeal among the working class. 'Dr. Retail' mentions the 'self-righteousness' of that 'Yes We Can' video, which I cringed at while watching, because your working class couldn't give a rats-ass about those Hollywood types.
Luckily, I don't think the dems have the problem of the two dem candidates fracturing the party the way the republican candidates are fractured, creating open hostility among republicans.
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krugman says that "Supporters of each candidate should have no trouble rallying behind the other if he or she gets the nod." but his article asks "Why, then, is there so much venom out there?":
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/11/opinion/11krugman.html
i dont know.
My gut tells me that democrats (for the most part) will rally behind whomever wins the primary. Democrats are highly motivated to make sure a Republican doesn't win. The venom is really on the Republican side - check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uYmSEDQGvc
Btw - does the education split exist in other states as well?
i dont believe democrats will back whoever wins the nomination for the sake of keeping the republicans out of office. remember the wasted nadar votes in 2000? and in 1980, Kennedy outwardly snubbed Carter to the very day and after the nomination, drawing voters away from Carter at election time (this i hear from my mom, who is still angry about this to this day).
the long and short of it is that dems will do things out of principle, not out of practicality, so i'm not convinced dems will 'fall in line' like repubs are so good at doing.
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