The Race Continues
Posted by Vriz on May 7th, 2008
Well, the voting is over and NC and IN picked their winners and losers in the Democratic primaries yesterday. As with the previous primaries the economy was singled out by the voters as the most important issue in both states. According to the CBS exit polling, 67 percent of voters in Indiana voted their economic concerns first, and 61percent in North Carolina did, as well. In Indiana, 49 percent of voters said Clinton would be more likely to improve the economy and 47 percent said that Obama would. In North Carolina, 53 percent said that Obama would be more likely to improve the economy and 42 percent said that Clinton would.
The Democratic Party is still sorting out who its nominee will be. It is clear, however, that the economy has emerged as the issue most important to the voters. Pandering, or not, the next President will have to take the concerns of the working class to heart and deal with the issues that are hurting people the most, whether its unfair trade that takes away their jobs, skyrocketing healthcare costs, or our unsound energy policy. On to West Virginia, where we’ll continue to follow what the candidates say on the issues that matter to the American voters.
