But more interesting than dissecting the pollsters is dissecting the election returns, precinct by precinct. Sen. Hillary Clinton won working-class neighborhoods and less-affluent rural areas. Sen. Barack Obama won the college towns and the gentrified neighborhoods of more affluent communities. Put another way, Mrs. Clinton won the beer drinkers, Mr. Obama the white wine crowd. And there are more beer drinkers than wine swillers in the Democratic Party.
That sounds familiar:
Hillary won the cities with the blue collar democrats, Obama won the cities with the liberal democrats. It's pretty striking. Obama won Concord, Portsmouth, Keene and Hanover. Hillary won Rochester, Nashua and Manchester.
