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In reply to the discussion: We don't have a white voting problem. We have a southern, rural, white voting problem. [View all]aaaaaa5a
(4,667 posts)97. Here are the results.
White vote
Washington State
Obama 53%
Romney 46%
California
Obama 45%
Romney 53%
Obama won the white vote in Washington state. And he faired very well in California. It is only in the southern states that you see draconian low numbers with regard to white support.
Here are the National breakdowns by race and gender.
Obama/Romney
White men 35 62
White women 42 56
Black men 87 11
Black women 96 3
Latino men 65 33
Latino women 76 23
All other races 66 31
I have heard it reported that Obama won outright single white women with a college degree. But I haven't found any exit polls that even breaks that down into a specific category.
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We don't have a white voting problem. We have a southern, rural, white voting problem. [View all]
aaaaaa5a
Nov 2012
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Not really, because it still puts all the focus on white voters, rather than disenfranchised voters.
Lionessa
Nov 2012
#8
I am focused on the terms "voting problems" which have little to do with white voters at all.
Lionessa
Nov 2012
#58
Look there may be a white voter problem, but there is not whilte voting problem.
Lionessa
Nov 2012
#104
Agreed 100%. I would include some western states as well - Texas, Arizona, S Dakota as
geckosfeet
Nov 2012
#6
Regardless of how white voters vote(d); the problem exists for those of color or poverty.
Lionessa
Nov 2012
#7
Bless their hearts, the kindest thing we can do is disenfranchise them for a century or so
Fumesucker
Nov 2012
#9
This is true in NC. Obama won much higher percentage of white vote in well educated, urban counties
mnhtnbb
Nov 2012
#18
I think that we have a white Protestant evangelical right-wing church problem.
yardwork
Nov 2012
#34
If the election had been between Herman Cain and Bernie Sanders, race would be proven irrelevant.
proverbialwisdom
Nov 2012
#37
God is a Black Woman and She sounds like Barbara Jordan of Houston!
Manifestor_of_Light
Nov 2012
#47
I'd separate Southern from Western voters. Rural western voters are truly anti-government.
reformist2
Nov 2012
#61
Here are the percentages of the white vote for Democratic candidates since 1980.
aaaaaa5a
Nov 2012
#65
Dems have fallen behind with whites since 1964. hmmm..what was a big issue in 1964????
greenman3610
Nov 2012
#77