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Will Obama Do As Well As Clinton In FL, OH and PA in November? | 154 comments (154 topical)

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I don't see him winning my Brooklyn 'hood (5.00 / 2) (#96)
by nycstray on Wed Apr 16, 2008 at 12:04:52 PM EST
easily. Yes, we are being 'gentrified', but the ratio of latte drinkers to old time Brooklyn folks is still lopsided. We have the Catholic vote, Jewish, working class, senior, Hispanic and women, for starters. Our AA % isn't that high as it's a very mixed area. A lot of the 'younger' vote you see, comes into visit and doesn't live here, it's too expensive for them now.

He may not win all of Manhattan either. The diversity of NYC may end up being a B*tch for Mr Unity  ;)

Hillary earned her upstate votes, so that's a vote Obama will have to hard work for.

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No, not your hood (5.00 / 1) (#103)
by stillife on Wed Apr 16, 2008 at 12:11:22 PM EST
You're in Williamsburgh, right?  I'm sure BO will get the hipster vote, but not the Hasids and Latinos.  He'll definitely get my neighborhood, though - Boerum Hill is a combination of AA and latte liberals.  I believe that Hillary carried Kings County by only about 1,500 votes in the primary.

I don't see him getting the upstate vote at all.  These are the same kind of folks he dissed with his "bitter" comments.  


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Yup, Williamsburgh. (none / 0) (#124)
by nycstray on Wed Apr 16, 2008 at 12:35:05 PM EST
By Nov, even more of the expensive condo's they are building may be sitting empty.

I think his popularity could go down in Kings Co if he campaigns here. Or some of those anticipated 527's run.

I was checking out some of the work Clinton has done upstate and I wonder how well he'll be able to speak to some of those issues, like with the small farmers etc. He'll have some of those issues in the central valley in CA also.

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Obama's experience will be the dealbreakers (none / 0) (#130)
by thereyougo on Wed Apr 16, 2008 at 01:08:08 PM EST
and notice how the unity hope schtick just won't stick. People will be practical. Its the economy.

they'll go with the devil they know. Hillary - the better half of one the most prosperous administrations in modern times.

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