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Obama/McCain Voting Blocks Already Established?

I know it's foolhardy to read too much into any single poll, but I thought the demographic groupings on display here are interesting. I wonder if the allegiances of these subgroups will hold through November. MSNBC:

Obama has opened up a six-point advantage over McCain (47%-41%) in the latest NBC/WSJ poll... Obama leads McCain among African Americans (83-7), Hispanics (62-28), women (52-33), Catholics (47-40), independents (41-36) and even blue-collar workers (47-42). Obama is also ahead among those who said they voted for Clinton in the Democratic primaries (61-19). Meanwhile, McCain is up among evangelicals (69-21), white men (55-35), men (49-41), whites (47-41), and white suburban women (44-38).

White women are viewed as a crucial swing vote — Republicans almost always win white men, but whichever party takes white women usually takes the White House. Currently, Obama beats McCain among white women 46-39.






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Why don't we just dispense with the election and get started re-building our "reprehensitive" government right now?

-T

Posted by: Hajji on 06/12/08 at 8:58 AM  Respond

Hey,

I wonder what all those white women will think when they see the video of BHO's wife, railing aginst "WHITEY"...? Sitting next to the dog farakan's wife..?
Boy oh boy, what fun the MSM will have with that one, and it is not supposed to be released till OCt... HHAHAHA..

McCain 08'

Bill

Posted by: Bill Nigh on 06/12/08 at 10:15 AM  Respond

As a white guy, I'm calling Bull[deleted] on the white man vote.

Posted by: Andrew on 06/12/08 at 10:30 AM  Respond

We don't trust Obama. We think that he is a closet racist. But, of course, we will tell the pollsters that we will vote for him, so on election day when the actual numbers don't match the polls, we can say that the GOP stole the election.

Posted by: White Pride World Wide on 06/12/08 at 11:24 AM  Respond

Obama and Michelle are not racist. Thats another gimmick by the fascist white power radical right and the Republicans. They have nothing going against Obama and his campaign for change is actually sweeping across America.

Don't listen to those lies fabricated by the racist. Vote Obama for change!

Posted by: Aaron on 06/12/08 at 12:10 PM  Respond

Silly trolls don't you understand how you are going to be crushed? There is a sizable consensus on all the BS that has been pushed on the American people the last few years, more BS from a few trolls is hardly going to save the idiots you praise from a crushing defeat, America wants change.

Posted by: Michael Z. on 06/12/08 at 12:28 PM  Respond

First off, the whole "Whitey" thing was spun from whole cloth. You can check it all out at Obama's new site aimed at quelling vicious insidious lies: fightthesmears.com.... it's like Snopes, but only for obama rumors.

I think it's funny how ppl say Obama is a closet racist when McCain was the one who used a racial slur about Asians while in office. Supposedly it was ok, consider asians tortured him (ok, I agree with that sort of) but doesn't that also mean rev. J.Wright's anti-white rhetoric would be ok because he was oppressed for twenty years?

Posted by: eh on 06/12/08 at 5:28 PM  Respond

If the RIGHT WING EXTREMIST REPUBLICANS have made a video trying to make it appear that Obama's wife called white people "whiteys" and think it means anything significant, they had better get a clue. Calling a person white that's white doesn't mean anything anymore than calling a person black that is black. Why REPUBLICANS would think that is significant only shows how much out of touch they are with the country.

Obama is change and without change our country is going to be history. Neither McCain nor any of the Libertian REPUBLICANS running against McCain, trying to give REPUBLICANS someone other than McCain to vote for in order to keep the presidency for the REPUBLICANS, are any kind of change, all of them are business as usual. Obama is the only candidate that is for change -- real change -- and real change is what we want and is what our country needs.

Posted by: MarthaA on 06/12/08 at 10:14 PM  Respond

Bill,

First off, apparently, you're not really that intelligent or you're so emotionally invested in your views that you are unable to see the truth when the facts are staring you right in the face. That 'video' does not exist.

In addition to that, from posts you've left before, you just do not have a clue, do you? Every post I've read of yours has been filled with untrue statements, hateful insults about Senator Obama and just plain stupid statements.

I'm sure your home town has a school, try going there. You might actually learn something.

Posted by: Matthew on 06/13/08 at 8:33 AM  Respond

MarthaA, you call EuroAmericans "White", I bet you call AsianAmericans Yellow" as well. You should try it and see what type of a reaction you get from the "Yellow" people. Then think about that the next time you call a EuroAmerican "White".

Posted by: T. Lee on 06/13/08 at 10:03 AM  Respond

Jeugenen, your analysis of the Israeli problem is brilliant. The EU understands this problem.

Posted by: Horst W. on 06/13/08 at 4:30 PM  Respond

T. Lee:

Conservative teaching in American school is that Native Americans are RED, Chinese are YELLOW, Africans are BLACK and everyone else is WHITE, No BROWN or various shades of brown was ever mentioned. I am of Native American Cherokee ancestry and never have ever thought Native Americans to be RED. Chinese are not YELLOW and supposed WHITE people are not WHITE. Not all Europeans are WHITE. Not all European Americans are WHITE. There are all shades in Europe, just like in Israel. But, that being said, the question was about the significance of being called "whitey". That doesn't seem to me to be of any great significance enough to be made an issue.

You will notice in the above poll, that supposed white people have been specified white, NOT Euro-Americans, black people are called African Americans, and Chinese and Native Americans have just been totally left out.

I think color should not be specified at all, because the simple fact of specifying color is prejudice, as the color of ones skin should be insignificant. Hopefully some day this will be learned.

Posted by: MarthaA on 06/14/08 at 12:34 PM  Respond

Also, Asian Americans were left off the above poll on this thread.

Posted by: T. Lee on 06/14/08 at 12:44 PM  Respond

I just put in an addendum to my 6/14 12:34pm post at 6/14 12:44pm and it came up as being put in by T. Lee, but it is a MarthaA post that MarthaA just put in, which is very interesting. Is something wrong with the posting. How did that happen?

Posted by: MarthaA on 06/14/08 at 12:54 PM  Respond

MarthaA you are really confused by wanting to be yellow. Calling EuroAmericans white is insulting. EuroAmericans have diversity just like anyother race. Calling EuroAmericans "White" is racism, even if it is closet racists. These bigots must be called out.

Posted by: White Pride World Wide on 06/14/08 at 3:57 PM  Respond

We're just getting started knowing Obama. He was being very polite with Hillary by laying low during those "debates". He wisely paced himself. He realized that she always prefers a good fight. That was her dubious strength. Now she's gone. But McCain has no idea what he's up against. If he thinks a Town Hall Meeting will show him in the best light, I have news for him: Obama will have him for breakfast.[Was that a burp we heard?] Hillary was correct without knowing it: "The heavens will open and the angels will sing..." McCain has met his "able"...Obama is very able to take control of this Presidential campaign and will be able to defeat all contenders and all the rumor-mongers now maligning him online. He's way ahead of them. It won't matter about "white" women, pink women, purple independents, red or blue states...he's building a rainbow and that always comes out after a storm

Posted by: dadpasadena on 06/14/08 at 8:37 PM  Respond

We're just getting started knowing Obama. He was being very polite with Hillary by laying low during those "debates". He wisely paced himself. He realized that she always prefers a good fight. That was her dubious strength. Now she's gone. But McCain has no idea what he's up against. If he thinks a Town Hall Meeting will show him in the best light, I have news for him: Obama will have him for breakfast.[Was that a burp we heard?] Hillary was prophetic without knowing it: "The heavens will open and the angels will sing..." McCain has met his "able"...Obama is able to take control of this Presidential campaign and is able to defeat all contenders and all rumor-mongers now maligning him online. He's way ahead of them. Strong is the candidate who is not afraid to let his opponent under-estimate him. Hillary did...McCain will follow.

Posted by: dadpasadena on 06/14/08 at 8:48 PM  Respond

Of course Asians were left out of the poll. Republicans hate us because we're not white. Democrats hate us because we're Asian.

Posted by: Asian Guy 2002 on 07/25/08 at 1:19 AM  Respond

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