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Article: ELECTION 2008; Constituencies defied definition in Wisconsin primary; Campaign's flow, state's quirks played to Obama
- Article from:
- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- June 8, 2008
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Now that every state has voted, Wisconsin's Feb. 19 Democratic
primary stands out as a singular political achievement for de facto
nominee Barack Obama, a rare case where he dominated a "blue-
collar" battleground and won the very kinds of voters -- working-
class whites, rural whites, white Catholics -- he lost almost
everywhere else.
More than three months later, the exceptional nature of what
happened in Wisconsin is clear.
"How did it happen? Why was this state the one place where Barack
broke through with everybody?" Democratic pollster Paul Maslin asked
in a recent piece for the Web magazine Salon.
Consider:
- Wisconsin was the only state other than Vermont where Obama
won a majority ...