Why?.....More minorities voted this year, but white turnout dropped - Dodge Diesel

crobtex · 11-19-2008, 07:17 AM

WASHINGTON — Barack Obama's 8.5 million-vote margin over John McCain was fueled by a more than 20 percent surge in minority voting, a new analysis of exit polling data suggests.
While Obama won a lopsided number of electoral votes, his popular-vote margin was increased by an outpouring of minority balloting as the number of whites who cast ballots declined overall.
The analysis estimated that about 5.8 million more minorities voted in this year's presidential election than in 2004 while nearly 1.2 million fewer whites went to the polls.
Separate opinion polls and election results themselves indicate that an overwhelming majority of African-Americans and Latinos backed Obama.
The surge in minority voting was even more pronounced in some election swing states, including Ohio, the liberal-leaning nonprofit group Project Vote reported.
Project Vote also said that the number of voters ages 18-29 increased by more than 1.8 million, the biggest jump of any similarly sized age group, reflecting a depth of support for Obama among younger voters.
The figures appear to reflect the success of Project Vote and other liberal voter registration groups in registering millions of young, poor, elderly and minority Americans to vote in recent election cycles.
Project Vote found itself in a firestorm of largely unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud over its hiring of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now to register voters this year, but the group nonetheless reported submitting 1.3 million applications. It estimates that 70 percent of them resulted in new or updated registrations.
Based on exit polling data, Project Vote estimated that the nationwide African-American vote rose by 2.88 million, to 16.3 million, accounting for 13 percent of the ballots compared with 11 percent in 2004. The Latino turnout increased by 1.5 million to 11.3 million, accounting for 9 percent of the total ballots, up from 8 percent, the group said.
In addition, an estimated 67,000 more Asian Americans cast ballots this year than in 2004, and 1.3 million more minorities of other races, including biracial individuals, voted this year.
Ohio's vote might best exemplify how the changing racial demographics affected the election's outcome.
According to the analysis, 538,000 fewer Ohio whites voted this year than in 2004, an 11 percent drop. At the same time, Project Vote reported, 12.8 percent more African Americans, or an increase of 66,000 over 2004, and 22.7 percent more Latinos, a jump of 39,000, voted in Ohio.
Obama won the state's 20 electoral votes by fewer than 207,000 votes, a big triumph after President George W. Bush carried Ohio in both 2000 and 2004.
While nationwide voter turnout rose by less than 3 percent in the 2008 election, "the composition of voters changed significantly," said Michael Slater, Project Vote's executive director. "It's grown more diverse.
"One candidate, John McCain, was unable to reach out to this broad electorate and was unable to mobilize the traditional Republican base of supporters."
Slater also said that it seems "fair to speculate that Obama did not pick up all the Clinton supporters he might have wanted to," referring to white, blue-collar voters who heavily backed New York Sen. Hillary Clinton in the fight for the Democratic nomination. "On the other hand, McCain didn't get them either, because it looks like many of them may have stayed home."
In Florida, whose 27 electoral votes Obama pried away from Republicans after Bush won the state in 2000 and 2004, the number of white voters rose by 654,000, nearly keeping pace with a 13 percent rise in the state's population, the group said. According to the analysis, Florida's African-American vote rose by 182,000, or nearly 20 percent. Its Latino vote also increased, by 38,000, or 3 percent.
In Missouri, the African-American vote soared 74 percent, to 380,000, in a state whose final presidential-election results were still up in the air on Tuesday, with McCain leading by more than 4,000 votes.
Surges in minority voting in Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico also appear to have boosted Obama. In Colorado, the Latino vote rose by 132,000, or 72 percent, helping Obama win by fewer than 200,000 votes. In Nevada, the African-American vote rose by 39,000, and the Latino vote by 72,000, or 87 percent, as Obama won the state by 120,000 votes, and in New Mexico, an increase of 92,000 Latino voters, or 37 percent more than in 2004, helped Obama win by 120,000 votes.
Project Vote said it conducted its analysis from exit polling data reported by CNN.com and gathered by Edison Media Research in 2008 and by Edison/Mitofsky Research in 2004.

Don M · 11-19-2008, 07:43 AM

Some of the people I spoke to didnt like many of the things that McCain did in his past.

Teaming with Kennedy on immigration reform. Teaming with Feingold on campaign fin. reform. Going after the so called "gun show loophole"

And the biggest is the carbon credit global warming cap and trade thing.

You dont put Joe Lieberman on the platform at the RNC convention either. Many Rep simply didnt trust that McCain would not go across the isle a little too far.

crobtex · 11-19-2008, 08:36 AM

Given the circumstances, I just can't understand why people didn't vote.

RickG · 11-19-2008, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Don M

Some of the people I spoke to didnt like many of the things that McCain did in his past.

Teaming with Kennedy on immigration reform. Teaming with Feingold on campaign fin. reform. Going after the so called "gun show loophole"

And the biggest is the carbon credit global warming cap and trade thing.

You dont put Joe Lieberman on the platform at the RNC convention either. Many Rep simply didnt trust that McCain would not go across the isle a little too far.

Check where they stand on immigration . Obama has the same views as McCain but goes one step further and supports issuing illegals drivers' licenses . It's strange a President elect that claims to support unions tried to pass a Guest Worker program that would have opened the door to thousands of more immigrant workers .

oldmikegraham · 11-19-2008, 08:41 AM

I think the increase in minority votes is easy to explain.

Lrdchaos · 11-19-2008, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by oldmikegraham

I think the increase in minority votes is easy to explain.

I totally agree.....

crobtex · 11-19-2008, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by RickG

It's strange a President elect that claims to support unions tried to pass a Guest Worker program that would have opened the door to thousands of more immigrant workers .

More of the smoke that got him elected.

GMScott · 11-19-2008, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by crobtex

Given the circumstances, I just can't understand why people didn't vote.

With the daily Obama mania propaganda being broadcast from the news media every day and with most of the media in the tank for Obama, it probably seemed like a hopeless cause to defeat Obama for most of the white blue-collared voters. You know, the group who are the backbone of this country. The ones who probably supply most of the tax money to fund all the liberal programs that want to tear down all the values and principals of the one country in the world that allows these liberals the priviledge to have and to voice such whacked out values.

bobem12 · 11-20-2008, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by GMScott

With the daily Obama mania propaganda being broadcast from the news media every day and with most of the media in the tank for Obama, it probably seemed like a hopeless cause to defeat Obama for most of the white blue-collared voters. You know, the group who are the backbone of this country. The ones who probably supply most of the tax money to fund all the liberal programs that want to tear down all the values and principals of the one country in the world that allows these liberals the priviledge to have and to voice such whacked out values.

right on. like o'reilly says, trying to push their "san francisco values" on the rest of us

irocpractice · 11-20-2008, 04:39 PM

right on. like o'reilly says, trying to push their "san francisco values" on the rest of us
BOBEM12,you sir are in error,San Francisco has no values.

bobem12 · 11-21-2008, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by irocpractice

right on. like o'reilly says, trying to push their "san francisco values" on the rest of us
BOBEM12,you sir are in error,San Francisco has no values.

haha I agree and stand corrected!!

ramlovingvet · 11-21-2008, 12:22 PM

Going west on the Bay Bridge....Next stop Fairyland. U Turn Floor it Black Cloud and screeching tires. LOL

bobem12 · 11-21-2008, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by ramlovingvet

Going west on the Bay Bridge....Next stop Fairyland. U Turn Floor it Black Cloud and screeching tires. LOL

Awesome!!!!

11-19-2008, 07:17 AM	#1
crobtex Chapter President Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Sedalia, Texas Posts: 4,639 My Photo Gallery My Classified Ads	Why?.....More minorities voted this year, but white turnout dropped WASHINGTON — Barack Obama's 8.5 million-vote margin over John McCain was fueled by a more than 20 percent surge in minority voting, a new analysis of exit polling data suggests. While Obama won a lopsided number of electoral votes, his popular-vote margin was increased by an outpouring of minority balloting as the number of whites who cast ballots declined overall. The analysis estimated that about 5.8 million more minorities voted in this year's presidential election than in 2004 while nearly 1.2 million fewer whites went to the polls. Separate opinion polls and election results themselves indicate that an overwhelming majority of African-Americans and Latinos backed Obama. The surge in minority voting was even more pronounced in some election swing states, including Ohio, the liberal-leaning nonprofit group Project Vote reported. Project Vote also said that the number of voters ages 18-29 increased by more than 1.8 million, the biggest jump of any similarly sized age group, reflecting a depth of support for Obama among younger voters. The figures appear to reflect the success of Project Vote and other liberal voter registration groups in registering millions of young, poor, elderly and minority Americans to vote in recent election cycles. Project Vote found itself in a firestorm of largely unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud over its hiring of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now to register voters this year, but the group nonetheless reported submitting 1.3 million applications. It estimates that 70 percent of them resulted in new or updated registrations. Based on exit polling data, Project Vote estimated that the nationwide African-American vote rose by 2.88 million, to 16.3 million, accounting for 13 percent of the ballots compared with 11 percent in 2004. The Latino turnout increased by 1.5 million to 11.3 million, accounting for 9 percent of the total ballots, up from 8 percent, the group said. In addition, an estimated 67,000 more Asian Americans cast ballots this year than in 2004, and 1.3 million more minorities of other races, including biracial individuals, voted this year. Ohio's vote might best exemplify how the changing racial demographics affected the election's outcome. According to the analysis, 538,000 fewer Ohio whites voted this year than in 2004, an 11 percent drop. At the same time, Project Vote reported, 12.8 percent more African Americans, or an increase of 66,000 over 2004, and 22.7 percent more Latinos, a jump of 39,000, voted in Ohio. Obama won the state's 20 electoral votes by fewer than 207,000 votes, a big triumph after President George W. Bush carried Ohio in both 2000 and 2004. While nationwide voter turnout rose by less than 3 percent in the 2008 election, "the composition of voters changed significantly," said Michael Slater, Project Vote's executive director. "It's grown more diverse. "One candidate, John McCain, was unable to reach out to this broad electorate and was unable to mobilize the traditional Republican base of supporters." Slater also said that it seems "fair to speculate that Obama did not pick up all the Clinton supporters he might have wanted to," referring to white, blue-collar voters who heavily backed New York Sen. Hillary Clinton in the fight for the Democratic nomination. "On the other hand, McCain didn't get them either, because it looks like many of them may have stayed home." In Florida, whose 27 electoral votes Obama pried away from Republicans after Bush won the state in 2000 and 2004, the number of white voters rose by 654,000, nearly keeping pace with a 13 percent rise in the state's population, the group said. According to the analysis, Florida's African-American vote rose by 182,000, or nearly 20 percent. Its Latino vote also increased, by 38,000, or 3 percent. In Missouri, the African-American vote soared 74 percent, to 380,000, in a state whose final presidential-election results were still up in the air on Tuesday, with McCain leading by more than 4,000 votes. Surges in minority voting in Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico also appear to have boosted Obama. In Colorado, the Latino vote rose by 132,000, or 72 percent, helping Obama win by fewer than 200,000 votes. In Nevada, the African-American vote rose by 39,000, and the Latino vote by 72,000, or 87 percent, as Obama won the state by 120,000 votes, and in New Mexico, an increase of 92,000 Latino voters, or 37 percent more than in 2004, helped Obama win by 120,000 votes. Project Vote said it conducted its analysis from exit polling data reported by CNN.com and gathered by Edison Media Research in 2008 and by Edison/Mitofsky Research in 2004. __________________ SUPPORT OUR TROOPS ! 1999 Ram 2500, SLT Laramie, Quad Cab, LWB, 4X4, 5 Spd, Camper/Trailer Tow Pkg, LS/RE, Westin step bars, Ram molded splash guards (front and rear),diamond pattern bed caps and toolbox, Isspro EV boost, pyro and FP pillar mount. FASS II on 6/5/05. Rancho RS9000's on 8/23/05. RV275's on 12/11/05. AirRites on 3/5/06. MBRP 4" on 3/14/06. DSS on 4/8/06. Smarty on 10/12/06. New front rotors and axle seals: 8/08 Jammer 3's on 9/6/08, South Bend Con O on 1/30/09 304/718 on 4/1/06.

11-19-2008, 07:43 AM	#2
Don M DTR Advertiser Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: In the Shop Posts: 3,235 My Photo Gallery My Classified Ads	Some of the people I spoke to didnt like many of the things that McCain did in his past. Teaming with Kennedy on immigration reform. Teaming with Feingold on campaign fin. reform. Going after the so called "gun show loophole" And the biggest is the carbon credit global warming cap and trade thing. You dont put Joe Lieberman on the platform at the RNC convention either. Many Rep simply didnt trust that McCain would not go across the isle a little too far. __________________ Some guys will tell you our parts are no good. Those same guys are hundreds of horsepower behind the curve..........

11-20-2008, 04:39 PM	#10
irocpractice Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 877 My Photo Gallery My Classified Ads	right on. like o'reilly says, trying to push their "san francisco values" on the rest of us BOBEM12,you sir are in error,San Francisco has no values. __________________ Irocpractice Gen 1 Mark 1 12 valve 160 hp. Goal Mark 1 1/2 @230hp Barth gvw 16,000 Allison 542 4spd. Got 8 mpg @ 55 Want 12mpg @ 65 16cm housing gage set did the air filter thingie setting up an Appleseed processor looking for a cross-flow radiator and intercooler.

11-21-2008, 12:22 PM	#12
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11-19-2008, 08:36 AM	#3
crobtex Chapter President Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Sedalia, Texas Posts: 4,639 My Photo Gallery My Classified Ads	Given the circumstances, I just can't understand why people didn't vote.

11-19-2008, 08:41 AM	#5
oldmikegraham Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 154 My Photo Gallery My Classified Ads	I think the increase in minority votes is easy to explain.