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Major Hogwash

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29. No one said "it's just minorities" that got President Obama re-elected.
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 04:02 AM
Nov 2012

Only 56% of President Obama's total vote count came from white voters.
While Romney got 88% of his votes from white voters.

And his 88% would have crushed President Obama's re-election bid without those minorities voting for President Obama.




"That's why they're the losers" bhikkhu Nov 2012 #1
it just occurred to me barbtries Nov 2012 #4
Very good point! intheflow Nov 2012 #30
Great! Does anyone know where a comparable gender chart might be found? left coaster Nov 2012 #2
Note that over half of Obama voters are white... Scuba Nov 2012 #3
It always was. We need to continue to work through 2014. freshwest Nov 2012 #5
On the Key & Peele (Comedy Central) Luther, President Obama's anger translator said... Up2Late Nov 2012 #15
That was one funny sketch. hifiguy Nov 2012 #21
Your post reminded me of a story from sometime ago that still makes me smile maui902 Nov 2012 #53
Well done! Up2Late Nov 2012 #54
No one said "it's just minorities" that got President Obama re-elected. Major Hogwash Nov 2012 #29
Actually, a bunch of people are saying just that. Scuba Nov 2012 #31
And have been saying it since 2008 nxylas Nov 2012 #35
This message was self-deleted by its author fasttense Nov 2012 #32
Without a doubt, I prefer the company I'm in on the lower bar. TahitiNut Nov 2012 #6
Much better music at that bar, too! mikeytherat Nov 2012 #10
And food :) slutticus Nov 2012 #23
And interestingly, the chart sort of mimics what America has become and will continue to be maui902 Nov 2012 #11
+1 nt ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #50
Obama's strip is an American Genome trailmonkee Nov 2012 #7
This graph demonstrates sally5050 Nov 2012 #8
President John2 Nov 2012 #22
Back in 04 JNelson6563 Nov 2012 #9
WOW!!!! What the hell was wrong with Rmoney's remaining 12%? Come to think of it, valerief Nov 2012 #12
Cool. Now I'm part of the 99% AND the 56% VWolf Nov 2012 #13
Great graphic. Would really like to see one like that with third bar for USA demographics. nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2012 #14
STUFF NOT BOMBS!!! STUFF NOT DRONES!!! librechik Nov 2012 #16
Now account for gender. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2012 #17
CNN charts, includes gender breakout, but jtuck004 Nov 2012 #18
Thank you for that link. yardwork Nov 2012 #24
it would be helpful if they had been more detailed in the breakouts - in 2008, IIRC, spooky3 Nov 2012 #46
I haven't the slightest interest in anything bo'reilly says, but I do know that an income jtuck004 Nov 2012 #52
Republicans are stunned that people voted for THEIR OWN interests and TwilightGardener Nov 2012 #19
Good one, TwilightGardener. luv_mykatz Nov 2012 #25
That is gonna cause a lot of dyspepsia hifiguy Nov 2012 #20
'Us vs. them' took a big hit with the election ck4829 Nov 2012 #26
Obviously it didn't since there whistler162 Nov 2012 #27
Very true given that the "blame our problems on 'them' - minorities, women, foreigners, gays, etc.' pampango Nov 2012 #34
But, it was the hurricane's fault. It killed the Mittmentum! Major Hogwash Nov 2012 #28
I would say President Obama represents America. aandegoons Nov 2012 #33
Exactly. n/t ProSense Nov 2012 #36
I don't trust those Others. They're fence-sitters. They killed Locke. Bucky Nov 2012 #37
Karl Rove finds these numbers very suspicious. Bucky Nov 2012 #38
that voter supression stuff turned off people of color to the Repubs for DECADES probably Liberal_in_LA Nov 2012 #39
The only demographic the GOP works to attract are white men. And they only got 75% of them. baldguy Nov 2012 #40
actually, per the CNN exit poll results, they got only about 2/3 of them. spooky3 Nov 2012 #48
More that the GOP's race-based party positions are what doomed him in addition to all his jp11 Nov 2012 #41
RUN!!! THE NON-WHITES ARE COMING!!!!! CabCurious Nov 2012 #42
So.... JackInGreen Nov 2012 #43
I just got a new truck, I told my right wing neighbor I got it free for voting for Obama. OverBurn Nov 2012 #44
The GOP's Southen Strategy is to blame. McCamy Taylor Nov 2012 #45
I would really like to see the demographics broken down by region of the country. spooky3 Nov 2012 #47
Dang, Obama didn't do any better with the "others." Each got 2 %. morningfog Nov 2012 #49
The comments below the article are depressingly full of racist shit. Odin2005 Nov 2012 #51
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