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gawker.com - 11/4/2008

Exit Polls: First State Exit Poll Numbers Are Tighter Than Recent Polling

— gawker.com — See, we told you not to get too excited. The first state exit polls have crossed our... transom and they look like Obama's margins are tighter than recent polling in key states Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina and Florida. So hold your breath. (more) Exit Polls: First State Exit Poll Numbers Are Tighter ...

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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 11/5/2008

Prop 8 Exit Polls

— andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com — They show a narrow victory for marriage equality: 52 to 48 . Every ethnic group supported marriage... equality, except African-Americans, who voted overwhelmingly against extending to gay people the civil rights once denied them: a staggering 69 - 31 ... (more) Prop 8 Exit Polls

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sfgate.com - 11/6/2008

Many Obama supporters also backed Prop. 8

— sfgate.com — With 100 percent of the state's precincts reporting, Prop. 8 leads by more than half a million... votes, 52.5 percent to 47.5 percent. Experts don't expect an estimated 3 million uncounted mail and provisional ballots to alter the outcome. "The result ... (more) Many Obama supporters also backed Prop. 8

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The Gay Marriage Perplex
Roger L. Simon — ... Consider the vote on California Prop 8, the most closely watched such proposition in the country.  Ironically assisted by the large African American turnout for Obama–African Americans oppose gay marriage far more than other ethnic and racial groups–the proposition passed by about 5%.  The trend looks bad for gay marriage adherents. ...

Proposition H8
Brilliant at Breakfast — ... Much has been made of the fact that 70% of California-based African Americans who voted for Barack Obama wound up voting for Prop 8. The majority of his Hispanic voters, also, voted for 8. Barack Obama must assume a large measure of the blame for this. Obama had ridden a crest of excitement, hope and enthusiasm that has not been enjoyed by any Democrat since John F. Kennedy’s candidacy in 1960 and he wasted the opportunity to help bring about his much-ballyhooed change by opposing gay marriage. ...

California Gay Rights Activists Show Us Intolerance Works Both Ways
All articles at Blogcritics — ... the first state in the country to approve gay marriages without pressure from the state supreme court. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed that bill, eventually making way for Proposition 8 to make its way onto a ballot. The Fallout Even after all of the ballots were counted and Proposition 8 passed, the issue of gay marriage in California did not go away. Had the initiative been defeated, the issue still would not have gone away. Exit polls found that black and Latino voters largely supported Proposition 8, which drew much ire from activists confused that historically ...

Marriage: A Hill to Die On
The American Spectator — ... to associate themselves with Bible-thumping evangelicals. Or, disparaging the likelihood of successful opposition, they advocate pre-emptive surrender rather than waging a fight that will put conservatism on the losing side of the issue. Yet if the defense of traditional marriage -- an ancient and honorable institution -- is not a "hill worth dying on," what is? In every ballot-box fight to date, voters have supported the one-man, one-woman definition of marriage. As indicated by exit polls in California last fall, this is one issue where the conservative position is widely ...

Controversy Brews Around National Equality March
The Atlantic Politics Channel — ... In July, the city council voted 12 to 1 to recognize gay marriages performed in other countries and states, and it's expected to consider a bill allowing unions as early as next month. This follows months of slow and steady bridge-building by local advocates to churches and the African-American community -- key demographics that helped pass California's Proposition 8 last October, banning gay marriage in the liberal state. ...