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In reply to the discussion: GREAT CHART: The white establishment, undone by hordes of various-colored people who demand stuff. [View all]Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)29. No one said "it's just minorities" that got President Obama re-elected.
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.
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GREAT CHART: The white establishment, undone by hordes of various-colored people who demand stuff. [View all]
kpete
Nov 2012
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On the Key & Peele (Comedy Central) Luther, President Obama's anger translator said...
Up2Late
Nov 2012
#15
And interestingly, the chart sort of mimics what America has become and will continue to be
maui902
Nov 2012
#11
WOW!!!! What the hell was wrong with Rmoney's remaining 12%? Come to think of it,
valerief
Nov 2012
#12
Great graphic. Would really like to see one like that with third bar for USA demographics. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2012
#14
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
Very true given that the "blame our problems on 'them' - minorities, women, foreigners, gays, etc.'
pampango
Nov 2012
#34
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
More that the GOP's race-based party positions are what doomed him in addition to all his
jp11
Nov 2012
#41
I just got a new truck, I told my right wing neighbor I got it free for voting for Obama.
OverBurn
Nov 2012
#44
I would really like to see the demographics broken down by region of the country.
spooky3
Nov 2012
#47