On 07/15/09 11:56, andrel wrote:
>> What many find troublesome, however, is that 99% of black Americans
>> who voted did so for Obama, but the press made nothing of it.
>
> I tried to find any statistics, but I couldn't find anything. Do you
> have info that supports up this claim?

	99% is a stretch (although I didn't check for this election), but 90% 
typically vote Democrat. I had once found a web site that had all kinds 
of statistics, including breakdown by race/ethnicity, which confirmed 
this all the way back to the 70's.

	So in a sense, the huge figure is probably not that much related to 
race as it is political affiliation. However, I believe exit polls 
generally showed that race was a factor in this past election, and not 
just for blacks, but also for whites. (They were explicitly asked if it 
was a factor).

	I saw this a while ago, and I suspect it may shed some light (I forget 
the details):


http://www.ted.com/talks/nate_silver_on_race_and_politics.html

	

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