tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17221822.post6425867265083532601..comments2023-06-01T05:56:56.632-07:00Comments on Underlying Logic: Which Obama effects are durable?Erik_Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970325319452478168noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17221822.post-69534361649854297642008-11-13T12:47:00.000-08:002008-11-13T12:47:00.000-08:00Good point about all the higher ed experience on t...Good point about all the higher ed experience on the ticket.<BR/><BR/>As an overeducated faculty brat whose first and strongest feeling about Obama was a powerful sense that we're subculturally similar, I feel qualified to say that he enjoys an unusual personal connection to the educated.<BR/><BR/>One effect of Obama's eggheadedness that I haven't heard much about was, I think, a Rovian ability to use language as a dogwhistle to the secular academic left.Michael Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12164724621772928851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17221822.post-6787020839827176752008-11-13T11:35:00.000-08:002008-11-13T11:35:00.000-08:00I've not spent much time looking at voting pattern...I've not spent much time looking at voting patterns from 2008 (curses on you, nearly-due conference paper!), but Nate Silver did an interesting analysis on voting patterns and the college-educated during the Democratic primaries. The takeaway from his piece seems to be that it's those with <I>some</I> college are the crucial swing group. <BR/><BR/>I'll see if I can dig up some good statistics on education and voting patterns later today.<BR/><BR/>http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/04/obama-zima-track-candidate.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com