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Looks like whites were the most diverse group that voted in the election. Far closer split between any other group. Considering the popular vote was basically split.
I really don't think this election was about diversity at all. It was about the Republicans putting up a rich, spoiled candidate who flip-flopped so much no one could trust how he'd govern. It was about not trusting the guy to protect women/couples when it came to reproductive rights. It was about not wanting to reward the Republican party for their four years of obstructionism.
May I ask where the OP got his/her figures? As Reagan said: trust but verify.
Also, the same numbers can be found in many, many reputable news articles since Tuesday.
I'm sort of trolling here but I think a good chunk of white people are tired of being assumed racists...many of which voted for Obama.
"For a little perspective, consider the votes of another minority -- Asians. Romney won among all voters making more than $100,000 a year by a margin of 54-44. Asian-Americans happen to be the highest-earning group in the U.S., out-earning whites, and they generally place enormous emphasis on family. A perfect fit for Republicans, no? No. Asians voted for Obama by 73-26; they were more Democratic than Hispanics."
Blacks are usually socially conservative. Latinos place huge emphasis on family. Family and conservative seems like a perfect fit for Republicans. I must conclude that white people have shown they are more diverse in this election by voting their conscience rather than against the white guy or for the black/white guy.
Also, the same numbers can be found in many, many reputable news articles since Tuesday.
I'm sort of trolling here but I think a good chunk of white people are tired of being assumed racists...many of which voted for Obama.
"For a little perspective, consider the votes of another minority -- Asians. Romney won among all voters making more than $100,000 a year by a margin of 54-44. Asian-Americans happen to be the highest-earning group in the U.S., out-earning whites, and they generally place enormous emphasis on family. A perfect fit for Republicans, no? No. Asians voted for Obama by 73-26; they were more Democratic than Hispanics."
Blacks are usually socially conservative. Latinos place huge emphasis on family. Family and conservative seems like a perfect fit for Republicans. I must conclude that white people have shown they are more diverse in this election by voting their conscience rather than against the white guy or for the black/white guy.
It probably helps when the GOP doesn't come of as hostile towards white people as they do with everyone else. Regardless of what you say, when you listen to minorities and single women talk about the GOP, they way they approach with some of their policies and their rhetoric behind it, it turns us off. Voter id laws, abortion because of rape, immigration, etc.
Looks like whites were the most diverse group that voted in the election. Far closer split between any other group. Considering the popular vote was basically split.
Looks like whites were the most diverse group that voted in the election. Far closer split between any other group. Considering the popular vote was basically split.
I hadn't thought of it that way but the numbers don't lie. The white voters exhibited the most diverse voting pattern. Good insight.
There obviously is a perception out there that the GOP is the party of racism. I don't think it's fair, but 'perception is reality' in politics. We have a lot of work to do to overturn the perception. In particular the GOP has to come up w/ strategies of how to reach the 'osmosis' voter, i.e. the voter who just kind of absorbs impressionistic info that is floating out there, as opposed to the active voter who seeks out info and makes up his/her mind by actively thinking about politics.
It probably helps when the GOP doesn't come of as hostile towards white people as they do with everyone else. Regardless of what you say, when you listen to minorities and single women talk about the GOP, they way they approach with some of their policies and their rhetoric behind it, it turns us off. Voter id laws, abortion because of rape, immigration, etc.
Is it that the GOP comes off as "hostile" towards everyone except whites...or that the GOP is constantly falsely accused of racism, and useful idiots out there buy into the false accusations?
Is it that the GOP comes off as "hostile" towards everyone except whites...or that the GOP is constantly falsely accused of racism, and useful idiots out there buy into the false accusations?
When you have a candidate who supports self deportation, a party that creates voter id laws, and try to create legislation to either stop abortions or require invasive procedures to have an abortion, that will come off as hostile. Oh yea, and have this weird viewpoint that a woman becoming pregnant from rape is a "gift from God"
Blacks are usually socially conservative. Latinos place huge emphasis on family. Family and conservative seems like a perfect fit for Republicans. I must conclude that white people have shown they are more diverse in this election by voting their conscience rather than against the white guy or for the black/white guy.
Well, also consider that Romney in many ways signifies the ultimate caricature of "the man:" a chicklet-toothed, coiffed-haired, disingenious bobbleheaded rich guy who's never known adversity and makes it known constantly by saying completely off-the-cuff BS that contradicts everything that he'd said previously, depending on who's in the room at the moment.
What with things like his "47%" comment, he made it very clear what he thought of blacks and most hispanics. Well, guess what: you can't win the election without the minority vote in the 21st century, plain and simple.
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