seren wrote:I was checking the polls on yahoo. Right now, Obama is ahead by four points. More interesting is the racial division on the votes.
Black votes:
Obama 92%
McCain 3%.
This is understandable given the democrat nature of this group as well as the candidate.
Hispanic Votes:
Obama 45%
McCain 32%
This is a great accomplishment for Obama. McCain should have normally won over this group with what he tried with Immigration bill etc. There is also a racial tension between Hispanic and Black populations for a while. Still they could go over these tensions and are making a sensible choice.
White Votes:
Obama 33%
McCain 53%
Current economic crisis has hit this group mostly. I lost thirty percent of my pension plan in the last few months. Whites have a higher home ownership rates so they are affected more from the mortgage crisis. Majority of small businesses are owned by whites and they are more affected by credit crisis.
Still McCain is ahead 20 points. And this may even be an underestimation. McSame is bad for the U.S. and therefore he is bad for whites. I just don't understand this illogical insistence on a racial based voting.
Sadly, this statistic is probably not even that high. Two words - Bradley Effect.