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Percentages
for Obama & McCain among selected groups (Top Posts - Social/Legal - 110808) - - - Note, an exact split is not given for all categories, so in those cases where only one result is given, it's assumed that the opponent approximated the remaining percent minus 2%: - - - Key Indicator -- RACE Black Americans: Obama 95%, McCain 3% Hispanic Americans: Obama 66%, McCain 32% Asian Americans: Obama 61%, McCain 37% White Americans: Obama 43%, McCain 55% - - - Key Indicator -- AGE First-Time Voters: Obama 69%, McCain 30% Excerpts from usnews.com article referenced at the footer: "... Obama got 66 percent among those under 30, won 30-somethings 54 percent to 44 percent, ran essentially even with 40-somethings and 50-to-64s, and carried only those 65 and over (53 percent to 45 percent). ... Interestingly, the baby boom generation, voters 45 to 64 (born between 1944 and 1963), were 50 percent Obama, 49 per- cent McCain-another indication that this is not a liberal age cohort but a divided one ..." "... Obama led among those with incomes under $50,000 (big) and those above $200,000 (narrowly). Among the 56 percent with incomes in the middle, it was pretty much even. Similarly, Obama won 63 percent among those with no high school education and 58 percent among those with postgraduate de- grees but led only very narrowly among those in between. ..." - - - Key Indicator -- RELIGION / NON-RELIGION Excerpts from weeklystandard article referenced at the footer, regarding religious and non-religious voting indicators: "Levels of religious practice remained a key indicator of voting preferences in 2008, with the religiously observant strongly still favoring the Republican, if slightly reduced from 2004. Evangelicals remained the strongest voting bloc for Republicans, giving 74 percent to John McCain, according to exit polls, com- pared to 79 percent for George W. Bush in 2004. Non-evangelical Protestants favored McCain by 54 percent versus 56 percent for Bush. Catholics shifted as a whole from slight preference for Bush in 2004 to slight preference for Obama in 2008, though practicing Catholics remained more Republican. ..." "... Obama's greatest increase in support came from the religiously nonobservant. Kerry gained 67 percent of the religiously unaffiliated, while Obama got 75 percent. Sixty two percent of persons who never attend religious services supported Kerry, while 67 percent supported Obama. Fifty five percent of voters who worship weekly or more preferred McCain, compared to 61 percent for Bush in 2004 and 59 percent in 2000. ..." "... Exit polls show that evangelical voters in key Midwest states favored McCain by 2 to 1 over Obama, compared to 3 to 1 for Bush in 2004. In Indiana, which Obama won, Bush's support had been 77 percent, but fell to 66 percent for McCain. There was a similar shift in Ohio, which also flipped from Bush in 2004 to Obama in 2008. Meanwhile, evangelical support for McCain in the South remained 3 to 1 and in some cases even stronger for McCain than for Bush. ..." "... In the end, the religiously active mostly retained their traditionally conservative voting patterns, which perhaps helped to avert a fuller congressional route for Republi- cans, but was insufficient to save the McCain campaign." Excerpt from jpost.com article referenced at the footer, regarding Jewish voting indicators: "... Obama picked up 78 percent of the Jewish vote in com- parison to McCain's 21% haul, according to exit polls. That rate is about two points higher than what former Democratic candidate John Kerry received in 2004 and similar to the numbers Al Gore and Bill Clinton garnered in previous elections. ..." Excerpt from newsweek article referenced at the footer, regarding Muslim voting indicators: "... what did real Muslim-Americans think of the Chicago senator? And how did they vote? The American Muslim Task Force on Civil Rights and Elections released a poll today of over 600 Muslims from more than 10 states, including Florida and Pennsylvania, and it revealed that 89 percent of respondents voted for Obama, while only 2 percent voted for McCain. It also indicated that 95 per- cent of Muslims polled cast a ballot in this year's presi- dential election-the highest turnout in a U.S. election ever-and 14 percent of those were first-time voters. ..." - - - References: http://tinyurl.com/hispanicvote2008election http://tinyurl.com/growingpowernonwhitevoters http://tinyurl.com/voters2008somedistributioninfo http://tinyurl.com/voters2008religion-nonreligion http://tinyurl.com/Jewishvote2008 http://www.newsweek.com/id/168062 - - - |
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