Politics | Barack Obama Blue-Collar Voters Not Sold on Obama College grads prefer him by 20%; working class goes for Clinton By Kevin Spak Posted Feb 9, 2008 4:30 PM CST Copied Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., reacts at a campaign stop at the West Central Community Center in Spokane, Wash., Friday, Feb. 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (Associated Press) Barack Obama’s camp has spotted Hillary Clinton’s edge among working class voters, the Chicago Tribune reports. A recent Obama campaign memo said he expects to lose in states where collars are more blue than white. And numbers support the Dem divide: Workers picked Hillary over Obama by 60% to 40% in California, while a national poll has Obama swaying college-educated voters by the same margin. Obama's camp claims that workers like him, but union chiefs linked to the Clintons go with Hillary. Obama says the working class just doesn't know him yet. “With a lot of blue-collar workers, they’re busy,” he said. “The more we campaign, the better off we do with all voters.” But few recent Dem hopefuls have won blue and white collar votes in equal measure—except for possibly Bill Clinton. Read These Next More details coming out about the last party the Reiners attended. First Australia victims lost their lives confronting the shooter. An MIT nuclear science professor was fatally shot at his home. Trump's Reiner remarks were too much for some Republicans. Report an error