There’s some discussion on the net about whether Barack Obama’s defeat in Kenturcky really means a whole lot. Clinton supporters, obviously, think it means something. But Clinton’s Kentucky win was so lopsided because of one issue: race.
Obama’s problem was with these white voters overall. His greatest losses among whites, by 40 points or more, all have been in Southern states – Arkansas, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and West Virginia. Reflecting their discomfort with Obama, nearly half of Kentucky Democrats said they would not support him in a November election against John McCain, again similar to the result in West Virginia.
Look at Kentucky. This is a state whose Democrats won’t back their own party’s candidate because he’s a black man. So Obama will lose big in Kentucky in a matchup against John McCain. But Hillary Clinton won’t win there either. Why not? Racism and sexism are often traveling companions.
![[Mississippi truck]](http://whenchemistsattack.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/mississippi_truck.jpg "[Mississippi truck]")
Naked women and the Confederate flag. Yee haw! This kind of voter will just as easily turn out against Clinton as against Obama when the opponent is a white guy.