Who voted for Obama?
 

Whites : 43% of total 74% White vote
Blacks : 95% of total 13% Black Vote
Latinos : 65% of total 10% Latino Vote
Asians : 62% of total 3% Asian Vote
Others : 66% of total 2% Other

vote by income:

$200,000 or more (6% of total) 52%

that's interesting.

Biden told them it was patriotic.

Do these statistics' come from exit polling?

and if so I wonder how accurate they would be. :confused:

I believe it...some of the counties around here Obama won handily are pretty hoidy-toidy

Granted,. he's home grown, but I think NY, MA, CA, VA..they all have some pretty affluent areas

When I left the polling booth they asked me who I voted for...I said "GBBob..you know the guy running on the Nerdy Trail ticket" :D

1/2 wow

lol

FTFY

A disproportionate amount of Virginia's wealth is in the north. The north is what delivered Virginia to the blue side.

So...of the people who make 200k or more(top 6% of nation?) 52% of them
voted for Obama?

people reporting they made over $200,000/year were 6% of the sample polled. 52% of those in that category reported voting for obama.

What was also interesting is 70 percent of the people polled who voted for Obama said they thought he would raise their taxes- and yet they voted for him anyway. Makes me think two things-

A) The Republicans are going to need to find a new sales pitch besides "cut taxes."
B) Lots of Americans are wildly optimistic about how much money they are going to make in 2009.

Uh...yeah..interesting! I can't see raising taxes, they'd find a way to blow that money too.

adds up to 102%

I knew they'd find a way!

Obama's % of white vote was most by Democrat since Carter (tied Clinton's % in reelection)...that is the one figure that really gives me hope. I think the Republicans need to start distancing themselves from the religious right, as several Rep spokespersons have observed, they are becoming the party of the white southern male...they are even in trouble in the midwest. In 2050 when minority groups outnumber whites, they will be in danger of becoming irrelevant. It will be an interesting next 8 years!

The Republicans will get a boost though once the 2010 Census comes out and the electoral college is adjusted. Based on expectations:

States gaining an electoral vote:

Texas ( possibly 4)
Florida (possibly 2)
Arizona (possibly 2)
Georgia
California
Nevada
Utah

States losing an electoral vote:

New York (possibly 2)
Ohio (possibly 2)
Illinois
Iowa
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Michigan
Missouri
Pennsylvania

...hope springs eternal......

I would not doubt if Putin tries something similar on Obama.
Russia is in some fin. trouble. I think they try a little test early.
Redirect their internal difficulties. Little experimental prick to
see how we (US under Obama) react.

well, at least i don't think obama will come up with some bs about looking into putins eyes and seeing a good soul. :rolleyes: bush sounded like a pollyannic moron when he said that way back when.

I think it may be more of a rural v. urban thing.
Obama won in San Antonio (Bexar County), Dallas, and Houston.
In Austin (Travis County)67% to 32%...

The state went to McCain of course.
And the Houston and Dallas votes did not count the burbs outside the city proper. The San Antonio vote was actually the county vote 54 to 45 Obama.
Carried a lot more of the Hispanic vote than I dreamed possible. Austin does not surprise me. Younger prosperous city. If you look at the California vote by county, McCain won by square footage in California. So the rural vote was McCain.

I believe the reason the republicans lost in 2006 is they didn't cut spending or reduce the size of government. I don't see how abandoning the rest of their constituents will help the party.

I believe people of color are more religious and more conservative than their zombie like voting suggests. But I don't live in a big city.