Clinton backers plan to stay home in November
One week after Sen. Hillary Clinton made a public show of unity with Sen. Barack Obama, a new survey suggests supporters of the New York senator are increasingly less likely to follow her lead.I think that some women tend to be less forgiving than men after a serious disagreement. This is especially the case if they think one of their sisters has been dissed. If they think a spouse was unfair with his soon to be ex wife, that guy is immediately and ex friend too. I don't see them changing their minds before November. Unlike Hillary they don't need Obama to help pay their bills.A growing number of Clinton supporters polled say they may stay home in November instead of casting their ballot for Obama, an indication the party has yet to coalesce around the Illinois senator four weeks after the most prolonged and at times divisive primary race in modern American history came to a close.
According to a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Friday, the number of Clinton supporters who plan to defect to Republican Sen. John McCain's camp is down from one month ago, but -- in what could be an ominous sign for Obama as he seeks to unify the party -- the number of them who say they plan to vote for Obama is also down, and a growing number say they may not vote at all.
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