Obama is closing in on the gap with Clinton--the shrinkage of her 25 point lead on Obama in October to her current lead of 14 points in California could bode ill for the New York senator in this important Democratic state.
Each side has its supporters:
Clinton, with the help of endorsers such as the United Farm Workers, is hoping to appeal to the strong Democratic groups of women and Latinos as her strenths lie in change, leadership, and experience.
Clinton is planning a 7-county tour in California with the goal of meeting voters at BYOP ("Bring Your Own Phone") parties. Supporters bring their cell phones and use their free minutes on weekends and evenings to advocate Clinton to their family, friends, and undecided voters. Additionally, many volunteers are expected to come to the parties "armed with gifts for disadvantaged children," a strategy to combine the current obsession on the holidays as well as the upcoming elections.
Obama campaign has turned to the internet, including a "virtual phone bank" allowing thousands of volunteers call targeted voters from now until election day.
Both have been sending out special appeals to absentee voters (an estimated 40% of all California Democrats will mail in their ballot).
Whose campaign do you think will be the most effective? Will Obama's internet aspect give him an edge in his grassroots movement? Will Clinton manage to nab the women and Latino votes?
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I heard somewhere that Oprah's support for Obama's campaign might actually back-fire for him because she is stepping outside of her influence as a entertainer. Does anyone agree with this?
I heard this too and I don't think that it will back fire. I think that she has so many supporters (especially middle-aged women) and they revere what she says and endorses. So, I think that this actually will work well for him.
The Pew Research Center did a poll (link to the article and stats) on Oprah's endorsement of Obama.
I found this part of the report interesting: "Among the 30% who say they would be influenced by a Winfrey endorsement, 15% say they would be more likely to vote for the candidate and 15% say they would be less likely to do so." It seems that it all balances out, though, it goes on to say that even though those who are not swayed by her endorsement, 60% believe that it would help his campaign and only 3% believe that it would hurt it.
Part of me thinks that more and more people are not supporting Clinton because she appears too aggressive. I just think it's amusing that out of the two candidates the woman is the one that is "too intimidating."
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