People are to 'fixated' on the black vote.
The top 3 states with the highest percentages of blacks, went RED in 08 and 12.
In contrast, some of the WHITEST states went BLUE.
Again, it's the stupid, lily white Yankees that are the problem.
And of course LEFT coast.
PA is pretty whiterrible and other than three areas of the state it went red. But those three areas are huge centers of black populations.. quite frankly Noone living inside city limits should be allowed to vote regardless of race
Mississippi is 37% BLACK and Obama didn't win Mississippi in 2008 nor 2012
Pennsylvania is 10% BLACK and went Obama in 2008 and 2012.
Please, tell me again how WHITE YANKEES aren't the problem?
MS has 2.9 million people so 1.07 million votes
PA has 12.7 million people so 1.2 million votes
Percentages don't tell the whole story - essentially the same for both states tho a huge disparity in percentages.
WTF are you talking about? Percentages DO tell the whole story concerning who is voting for who.
PA has a black population of 10%, Obama gets 54% of the vote in PA. That AIN'T the black vote.
Kerist - I'm basically proving your point for you.
37% of a voting block in 1 state basically equals 10% of a voting block in another.
Which is why you can't simply state that a single state/voting block etc is what gave anyone R or D an election.
I do know that when I look at states that went Obama - it's the thicker urban areas and not the rural ones - we've all seen the elections broken down by county - not state and it always paints a much different picture.
