Exit polls: 98 percent of black women voted for Jones

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY AVERY ANAPOL - 12/13/17 09:50 AM EST

Exit polls from Tuesday’s Alabama Senate election show that 98 percent of African American women supported Democrat Doug Jones, helping push him to an historic win in the deep red state.

The Washington Post’s exit poll showed that black women, who made up 17 percent of voters, overwhelmingly supported Jones. White women, a 31 percent share of voters, supported GOP candidate Roy Moore by a margin of two to one, with 63 percent supporting Moore and 34 percent voting for Jones.

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African American voters in general supported the Democratic candidate– 96 percent said they voted for Jones. That number is slightly higher than the 95 percent who supported former President Obama in the state in 2012. Jones also had twice as much support (30 percent) from white voters as Obama did in 2012.

The Post's exit poll found that 93 percent of black men voted for Jones, while the biggest group to support Moore was white men, who made up 35 percent of the vote, and 72 percent of whom voted for the GOP candidate.



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[marble falls]

1. Because ....

https://www.theroot.com/black-women-now-the-most-educated-group-in-us-1790855540

Black Women Now the Most Educated Group in US
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African-American women at Morgan State University in Baltimore during a graduation ceremony in 1960
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Good news, bad news.

A new report confirms that black women are now the most educated group in the United States. But we still have a long way to go for pay equity.

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, between 2009 and 2010, black women earned 68 percent of all associate degrees awarded to black students, as well as 66 percent of bachelor’s degrees, 71 percent of master’s degrees and 65 percent of all doctorates awarded to black students.

The report also says that the percentage of U.S. college students who are black increased from 10 to 15 percent from 1976 to 2012, while the percentage of white students among all U.S. college students fell from 84 to 60 percent.

By both race and gender, a higher percentage of black women (9.7 percent) are enrolled in college than any other group, topping Asian women (8.7 percent), white women (7.1 percent) and white men (6.1 percent).

Unfortunately, while black women may be the most highly educated, a recent study found that black women make up just 8 percent of private sector jobs and less than 2 percent of leadership roles.

And as of 2013, black women earned just 64 cents to the white man’s dollar, while white women earned 78 cents, black men 75 cents, Hispanic men 67 cents and Hispanic women 54 cents.

The National Committee on Pay Equity’s research predicts that white women won’t receive equal pay until 2059—and they are ahead of black and Hispanic men and women. So where does that leave us?

[Pachamama]

2. Michelle Obama & Oprah Winfrey 2020

[steve2470]

3. White men 27%, just fucking disgraceful

White male voters in AL, you need to be ashamed of yourselves (the ones who voted for Moore).

Massive kudos to black women, black men, and my guess is that Latino men and women also voted majorities for Jones.

[Le Gaucher]

4. What is wrong with the other 2%?

They need to get their heads checked. Seriously !!

[steve2470]

7. they are probably Christian conservatives who voted religion or party over common decency

my best guess

[yardwork]

10. What is wrong with all the white men who voted for Moore?

[steve2470]

14. I'm disgusted with all those white guys, myself nt

[FakeNoose]

12. The write-in votes are an important part of this victory

The exit polls are showing us what people SAID they voted as they came out of the polling place. But you know what? Sometimes people lie especially if they're standig next to a spouse or friend who doesn't share their views.

But follow me now, because Doug Jones won this election by something like 20,000 votes over Moore. (At least that was the number they gave last night.) However there were 22,000 write-in votes, and they were mainly Republicans who couldn't bring themselves to pull the lever for Moore. So those 22,000 gave their vote away by doing the write-in, knowing full well that it would actually help Jones.

Combine that with the additional black voters who showed up in big numbers to vote for Jones, that was all it took. There REALLY WERE Republicans who wanted Jones to win last night. Or at least they wanted Moore to lose, which is saying the same thing.

[Irish_Dem]

5. I keep seeing the women from the movie "Hidden Figures".

Kicking some ass and taking names.

[getagrip_already]

6. They figured out....

Black voters were smart enough to figure out "what do you have to lose".........

dignity, freedom, health, taxes, jobs, voting rights, civil rights......

[frazzled]

8. These voters didn't turn out just because they opposed Roy Moore

It was because Doug Jones did exceptional outreach to this community, and because he had a HISTORY of caring about their issues.

This is the message (or at least one of them) we need to take from this successful election for 2018: we do not need to reach out to the white working class voters who supported Trump and Moore. It's a waste of precious time and resources. We do need to listen to African American and Latino voters, address their concerns, and mobilize them by fielding candidates with strong records of supporting their causes and a kick-ass ground effort to get them to the polls. We do not need ideological candidates who bundle everything under the umbrella of Wall Street and banks. That is not enough. We need candidates who have shown an active commitment to civil rights and immigrant rights and social justice, as well as the bread-and-butter issues that always remain on the table. We need to talk more about saving the CHIP program and health care, addressing education and poverty and policing, and all those so-called "liberal" themes that were suggested were outdated during the last presidential primary. They matter, both to large numbers of real people, and to our chances for success.

We cannot take the black vote for granted, especially in midterm years, where motivation to get to the polls is weak.

[Julian Englis]

9. +1 n/t

[FakeNoose]

13. Yes this is a good lesson for the Democratic Party

... if we don't have a message, we won't get their votes. But "they" I mean anybody - we can't take anyone for granted. Minorities, women, veterans, immigrants, LGBT, or anyone else. Even the white working men - the Democratic message has to be all-inclusive.

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. Kick (nt)

[Kaleva]

15. Hillary might well be president now if she had gotten that high a % of the black vote

Black women

Hillary 94%
Jones 98%

Black men

Hillary 82%
Jones 93%

http://www.cnn.com/election/results/exit-polls