---
"title": "Whistling Past Dixie"
"description": "Southern whites most strongly support McCain."
"date": "2008-08-18"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Russell Heimlich"
    "job_title": "Former web developer"
    "link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/short-reads/2008/08/18/whistling-past-dixie/"
---

# Whistling Past Dixie

Southern white voters favor McCain over Obama by a far larger margin (60% to 31%) than do white voters in any other region of the country. While McCain leads Obama by a two-to-one margin among white voters in the South, Obama is only marginally behind McCain in the Midwest (42% to 46%) and West (44% to 47%) and actually leads among white voters in the Northeast (46% to 42%). [Read More](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/pubs/924/presidential-race-draws-even)