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How New Hampshire Voted

By Jeralyn, Section Elections 2008
Posted on Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 10:36:51 PM EST
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Update: Norah O'Donnell on MSNBC (12:45 am ET): Hillary won because of women and people over 40 and because Obama didn't get the amount of youth vote he expected. Obama fell in the "empathy" category and Hillary doubled her numbers there. Women preferred Hillary to Obama by double-digit numbers.

Update: Washington Post:

Clinton also picked up 28 percent of voters younger than 30, after getting only 11 percent of young caucusgoers in Iowa. In another big switch, Clinton got 29 percent of voters prioritizing "change," up 10 percentage points from Iowa.

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The number that sticks out to me, from Norah O'Donnell at MSNBC : Of the Democratic voters who thought experience was more important than change, 71% thought Hillary was the most experienced to 5% for Obama.

Chris Matthews says he'll never underestimate Hillary Clinton again.

Update: Tomorrow morning, McCain, Hillary and Obama will all be on the Today show. Oh, to be a fly on the green room wall.

Chris Matthews: 84% of Democrats who didn't like Obama voted for Hillary (vs. Edwards or Richardson.) The age cut-off for Obama's supporters appears to be 40. Over 40 and they went to Hillary. The college educated went more for Obama.

Andrea Mitchell: Hillary did better with the young in N.H. than she did in Iowa.

Why did fewer women and young people go for Hillary in Iowa? My thought: The difference is Iowa's high evangelical population.

More Mitchell: She says the Clinton people think John McCain will be the ultimate Republican nominee.

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    Excuse me J. (none / 0) (#1)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 10:38:27 PM EST
    the number that should stick out to you is 47% women for Hillary.

    That is the number tonight.

    Women were the larger bloc (none / 0) (#2)
    by BlueLakeMichigan on Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 10:45:44 PM EST
    And they voted for Hillary. The college towns and cities didn't break the way Obama would've wanted. Manchester was a complete loss.

    Interesting, Jeralyn, (none / 0) (#3)
    by MarkL on Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 10:45:45 PM EST
    As i've said in a few comments, I thought Hillary argued  very well in the stupid "change" part of Saturday's debate. If she actually won that argument,  in the minds of voters, then Obama is finished.

    Chris (none / 0) (#4)
    by RalphB on Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 10:45:57 PM EST
    Mathews should IRON HER SHIRT!  Jeez I hope he gets lost.  What a loser.
    The Joe Scarborough, Eugene Robinson, etc. panel (none / 0) (#5)
    by andgarden on Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 10:47:44 PM EST
    raised and dismissed the Wilder effect.

    They agree with BTD: the media savaged HIllary and women came to her defense.

    don't count chris matthews (none / 0) (#6)
    by cpinva on Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 10:51:44 PM EST
    out, he'll continue his unabashedly sexist rants against sen. clinton, until they pry the beer mug and phallic symbols from his cold, dead hands.

    happy as i am for sen. clinton, NH is about as representative of the rest of the country as i