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fivethirtyeight.com - 11/12/2008

Prop 8 Myths

— fivethirtyeight.com — Writes Dan Walters of the Sacramento Bee: Last week, however, 10 percent of voters were African American... while 18 percent were Latino, and applying exit poll data to that extra turnout reveals that the pro-Obama surge among those two groups gave ... (more) Prop 8 Myths

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jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com - 11/15/2008

Confirmed: Huge Obama Surge Sealed Prop 8 Victory

— jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com — While the ugly antics of the radical gay forces of intolerance continue to focus on Mormons, it's... now clear that a huge black turnout for Barack Obama in California resulted in the passage of Proposition 8, outlawing gay marriage. Supporters of ... (more) Confirmed: Huge Obama Surge Sealed Prop 8 Victory

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corner.nationalreview.com - 11/4/2008

The Return of Open Attacks on Religious Minorities: Prop 8's Legacy

— corner.nationalreview.com — Well this is certainly change. The voices of tolerance in California are concluding their campaign against Prop... 8 with this TV ad, which engages in a level of blatant religious hatred I've never seen in American politics. Ever. I don't think its ... (more) The Return of Open Attacks on Religious Minorities: Prop ...

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Obama voters didn't dodge Prop 8
Ben Smith's Blog — ... Dan Walters, the insightful veteran Sac Bee columnist, runs the numbers and finds that Obama had some unintended coattails when it came to California’s ballot proposition to put a ban same-sex marriages in the state constitution ...

New Obama Voters And Prop 8
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — ... The final analysis is pretty clear. There was a big overlap between new, largely black Obama voters and the forces for discrimination against gay married couples and our families: ...

Prop 8 Myths
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right — Writes Dan Walters of the Sacramento Bee: Last week, however, 10 percent of voters were African American while 18 percent were Latino, and applying exit poll data to that extra turnout reveals that the pro-Obama surge among those two groups gave Proposition 8 an extra 500,000-plus votes, slightly more than the measure's margin of victory. To put it another way, had Obama not been so popular and had voter turnout been more traditional – meaning the proportion of white voters had been higher – chances are fairly strong that Proposition 8 would have ...

Confirmed: Huge Obama Surge Sealed Prop 8 Victory
JammieWearingFool — While the ugly antics of the radical gay forces of intolerance continue to focus on Mormons, it's now clear that a huge black turnout for Barack Obama in California resulted in the passage of Proposition 8 , outlawing gay marriage. Supporters of same-sex marriage rights are fuming over California voters' approval of Proposition 8, which would place a ban on such marriages in the state constitution – especially since in other respects voters showed a somewhat left-of-center bent, including a massive victory by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. Ironically, however, ...