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19 May 2008 07:30 pm
The NYT and The Race II
Another nugget from that Patrick Healy story. He describes Oregon as a "largely, white, affluent state", compared with Kentucky which is regarded as "working class". But when you look at the census data, the similarities are as striking as the differences. Male median income in Oregon: $41,536; Kentucky: $39,595; Female median income in Oregon: $32,390; Kentucky: $29,392. Oregon is slightly more prosperous than Kentucky, but its share of blue collar jobs is not far off Kentucky's. These caricatures are part of the Clinton camp's bid to keep a certain line in the public mind. They deserve complicating, not reinforcing.
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