2012 Presidential Debates

[Daldolma]

Originally Posted by Lazortag [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Most democratic candidates get at least 90% of the black vote, so the fact that Obama got 96% of the black vote has less to do with the colour of his skin than it does his political beliefs. It seems from your post that you're saying they overwhelmingly voted for him just because he's also black, which isn't really supported by any data. Similarly, republican candidates tend to get more of the white vote, so it would be disingenuous for me to say that white people are only voting for Romney because they're just "voting for another white man".

Clinton won the black vote 83/10 and 84/12. Gore won it 90/9. Kerry won 88/11. Obama won the black vote 95/4 in 2008, and the amount of black voters increased by 4% (white voters decreased by 1%). In a recent poll, the current 2012 split was Obama 94, Romney 0.

He'd win the black vote anyway, but he's clearly winning it by historically large margins. A few percentage points is an enormous difference when talking about nationwide elections. You can debate the reasons for his success, but that's the fact.

He's also dominating the Latino vote by historically unseen margins (relative to typical Democratic nominees), and the proportion of Latino voters has skyrocketed.

And he's winning the gay vote by large margins, too -- but he's not winning it by any greater of a margin than your typical Democrat.

He's getting killed in white voter polls, but it doesn't really matter. He's going to win this election going away.