5 Voting Demographics Where Barack Obama Made Headlines
According to exit polls, Obama dominated the youth and minority vote
1. Minorities: Ninety-six percent of black voters supported Obama. He also drew the votes of two thirds of Hispanics.
2. Young people: Obama won the under-30 crowd by 34 percentage points. This bested Bill Clinton's 19-point advantage over Bob Dole among young voters in 1996.
3. Women: Obama attracted 56 percent of female voters. Unmarried women also voted for Obama over McCain by 70 to 29 percent.
4. White men: He had the support of 41 percent of white men. Before Obama, no Democrat since Jimmy Carter had earned more than 38 percent of the white male vote.
5. Hillary Clinton fans: Obama won over 84 percent of Democrats who backed Hillary Clinton in the primaries.
Sources: Associated Press, Politico , Women's Voices Women Vote
Reader Comments
Voter statistics
Has anyone seen statistics on how many voted FOR McCain only/mainly because Palin was on the ticket, and how many voted for Obama only/mainley because Palin was on the Republican ticket?
Biden
There also needs to be a public demand that Biden have no more facelifts. WHOA............
The PA Catholics
Despite repeated pressures from the church hierarchy, PA and CO catholics clearly supported and voted for Obama to win in their state.
Clearly Catholics ignored the church's threats, including the very public demand that Sen. Biden not appear for communion due to his position on abortion.
Sen Biden has the right position in a democracy; the church hierarchy needs to go back to school and learn how a democracy works.
RCharldes
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