May 20, 2008
Posted: 09:08 PM ET
From CNN Senior Political Analyst Bill Schneider (CNN) — In another sign Barack Obama has trouble courting blue-collar voters, less than half of Kentucky Democrats said Tuesday that Barack Obama shares their values. According to the exit polls, only 43 percent of voters there said Obama shares their values, a statistic that could potentially hurt him in the fall should he win the party's nomination. That compares to 73 percent of Kentucky Democrats who said Hillary Clinton shares their values – a statistic the Clinton campaign often references when it claims the New York Democrat has a better chance of winning the crucial swing states in a general election. The numbers were very similar in West Virginia last week. There only 43 percent said Obama shared their values while 70 percent said Clinton did. Obama clearly has a long way to go in defining himself among these voters should he be the party's nominee. Filed under: Exit Polls |
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