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Many Obama supporters also backed Prop. 8
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 shows that this wasn't a partisan issue for ...
 No on Prop 8: Home Invasion (video)
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No on Prop 8: Home Invasion (video)
youtube.com — The Mormon Church has spent $20 million to pass Prop 8, which would "eliminate the right of... same-sex couples to marry." The Courage Campaign Issues... (more) No on Prop 8: Home Invasion (video)
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
70% of African Americans backed Prop. 8, exit poll finds | L.A. Now | Los Angeles Times
latimesblogs.latimes.com — A lot of Obama/Yes-on-8 voters? The Associated Press exit polls show that African Americans and Latinos backed... Proposition 8 in good numbers. Details here from AP: California's black and Latino voters, who turned out in droves for Barack Obama, also ... (more) 70% of African Americans backed Prop. 8, exit poll finds ...
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Obama's Election: A Setback for Same-Race Marriage?
Politics Daily — ... BUT if Shelley is even partly correct, it could explain why California voters passed Proposition 8 on Tuesday, effectively banning gay marriage only months after the state's Supreme Court allowed licenses to be issued. ...

Raymond Leon Roker: Stop Blaming California's Black Voters for Prop 8
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... So who did? For starters, the churches, religious leaders and advocacy groups in support of 8 were a very formidable force. Surveys showed religion played a major role in voter's decisions. Even No on 8 supporters have ...

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