Obama: 'Some Facts' About Iowa

The Obama campaign has blasted out these "facts" about last night's caucuses, based on CNN's entrance polls:

* Obama beat Clinton among women 35% to 30%

* Obama beat Edwards among voters in union households 30%-24%

* Obama beat Clinton and Edwards among voters of almost every income level (Obama and Clinton tied among voters who make $15-30,000)

* As many voters age 17-29 as voters 65 and older participated last night -- in previous years senior participation has been 5-times greater than younger voters.

* Obama beat Edwards and Clinton among voters who want change (51%-20%-19%)

* Despite countless attacks and hundreds of thousands of dollars in negative mail, TV, and radio, Obama beat Clinton and Edwards (34%-30%-27%) among voters who say health care is the most important issue

* Obama won among those who said the economy was the most important issue (36%-26%-26%)

* Obama won over Clinton and Edwards (35%-26%-17%) among those who said Iraq was the most important issue

* Won across the ideological spectrum – winning among liberals, moderates and conservatives

* Won among high income and lower income voters among voters with household income below $50,000 (34%-32%-19%) and among those over $50,000 (41%-19%-28%)

* Also won among the 82% of voters who said Pakistan was “very or somewhat important”



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