Barack Obama Watch: The Trouble with White Women

No! Not just with Hillary Clinton who presumably Obama has beaten for the Democrat nomination.

Jim Geraghty over at National Review talks about the Pew Research Center polling.

Recent declines in Obama’s image have been pronounced among whites – especially white women. Currently, just 43% of white women express a positive opinion of Obama, down from 56% in late February.

Favorable opinions of Obama among independent voters, who have provided him strong support in several of his primary election victories, also have declined over the course of the campaign. Obama’s favorable ratings among this pivotal group have fallen from 62% in late February to just 49% in the current poll…

Currently, Obama and McCain run even among independents (44% to 44%); in April, Obama enjoyed a 52% to 41% advantage among these pivotal voters. Similarly, Obama now trails McCain among white women (by 49% to 41%), who were more evenly divided in previous surveys…

We already know that Obama has been struggling in the Midwest with white working class male voters. Add this demographic and the Democrats may want Hillary again.

By the way, President Bush in 2004 carried white women, 55 percent to 44 percent. Flap also says McCain beats Obama among Hispanic voters greater than Bush in western battleground states, including Nevada and New Mexico.