The Caucus - Level of White Support for Obama a Surprise

— commentarymagazine.com — Much of the blogosphere is buzzing over a 2001 radio interview in which Barack Obama seems genuinely... chagrined that redistributionist policies aren’t going to come from the courts. ( Ignore the captioning on the Youtube which is distracting and not ... (more) Blog Archive » It Should Come As No Surprise

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Election 08: What to Expect
The Nation: Top Stories — ... to Republicans, who have spent years working to reduce the number of black voters through new voter ID laws, purges of the voter rolls, felon disfranchisement, insufficient voting equipment in black precincts, and other well-known factors. The Obama campaign surely knows all about this, and is prepared to fight fiercely to protect the vote. One other crucial factor: America is significantly less white today than it was a decade or two ago. As John Harwood of the New York Times pointed out on Monday, when Reagan won reelection in 1984, the electorate was 86 per cent white; ...

Jon Wiener: White Voters and Obama
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... One other crucial factor: America is significantly less white today than it was a decade or two ago. As John Harwood of the New York Times pointed out on Monday, when Reagan won reelection in 1984, the electorate was 86 per cent white; by 2004, the white percentage had dropped to 77. That's one reason why an interracial coalition is likely to elect America's first black president today. ...