One would ask: how have the voters dealt with the tense and volatile campaign between Obama and Clinton?
So far, the voters have handled things very well in regards to the jabs between Obama and Clinton. It would look as if the voters are handling it better than the candidates, themselves. Despite Obama winning in South Carolina, over three in four voters said that they still would be satisfied if Hillary was president. The same thing was said about Barack Obama.
In South Carolina, 28 percent of those that voted for Obama would be dissatisfied if Hillary won the nomination. 31 percent of those that voted for Clinton said they would feel the same way if Obama won.
Six in ten of those that voted for John Edwards would be satisfied if either Obama or Clinton won the nomination. Voters were still able to look past the criticism and look forward to the general election.
Fifty-two percent of blacks that voted for Obama felt that Bill Clinton’s campaigning had a major effect on their vote. However, more than those voters felt that both candidates have played fair. Eight in ten of those voters would be satisfied even if Hillary won the nomination.
This had also continued into Florida’s primary. About eighty percent of the Democratic voters in Florida would be satisfied with a nomination of Hillary Clinton. 70 percent of those that voted for Obama would also be satisfied with a Clinton nomination. But, the voter acceptance may not be permanent.
Regardless of gender or skin color, the voters have agreed on the principle that both front-runners would be acceptable as the eventual Democratic nominee.