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Article: ELECTION 2008 More of Wisconsin votes blue in '08 Youth, independents and lower-earners choose Obama
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- November 5, 2008
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Wisconsin sided with history Tuesday, backing Democrat Barack
Obama in his dramatic, door-opening run to the White House.
In doing so, the state followed one longstanding pattern --
voting Democratic in every race since 1984 -- and bucked another:
This time, the margin wasn't razor thin.
With 62% of precincts reporting late Tuesday, Obama had 56% of
the vote, compared with 42% for Republican John McCain. The
remainder went to other candidates.
An exit poll found Obama won among key groups, including voters
age 18-29 (Obama had 64%), those making less than $50,000 a year
(65%) and those calling themselves political moderates (63%) and
independents (58%).
In all, six in 10 said the economy ...