In the case of endorsements, Barack Obama is ahead against Hillary Clinton. Right now, Obama is the type of Democrat that has won statewide in places where the GOP had dominated when it came to presidential politics.
So far, Janet Napolitano the governor of Arizona, US Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska, and US Senator Tim Johnson of South Dakota are amongst statewide elected officials to publicly give their support to Barack Obama. These three Democrats have been elected in the states where Republicans had triumphed.
George W. Bush had won in those states both times for 2000 and 2004. The only time these states voted for a Democratic nominee was in 1948.
In the Republican-leaning states, Politico discovered that current and former Democratic statewide officials believe that Obama is the candidate that is suitable to be elected. They are afraid that Hillary Clinton’s personality and past history will make her too polarizing to get both independent and Republican-leaning voters in the US presidential elections.
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I happen to believe that Obama is the most electable, both in Virginia and elsewhere,” according to Tim Kaine, governor of Virginia. He adds: “I really think to win you gotta get independent votes…Independent voters like people who they don’t believe are defined by political orthodoxy.”
“One-third of our voters will be independent voters,” Napolitano said in regards to Arizona. She adds: “Whoever wins independents will win the state. That’s not to say she doesn’t or can’t. But he does better.”
Obama Has Edge Over Clinton Amongst Red-State Dems In US Primaries
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