Obama and the white working class.

[NOVA Green]

Not totally sure about other parts of the country, but Obama did just fine amongst White working-class voters out here...

This was particularly true in urban areas (such as North-Portland and West Eugene), but also based on precinct data even in small mill-town areas where Democrats have struggled in recent cycles.

Granted, some of his results in these areas were lower than Dukakis got in '88, but it was still a solid reversal from the pattern of declining Democratic support in much of White working-class rural and small-town Oregon.

Even looking at county returns in other parts of the country, it seems like Obama's lack of support amongst the much-vaunted White working-class is overstated, with the exception of Appalachia and the Deep South, which have been problems for the party since 1976.