Ricohoc wrote:LoveDaBlues wrote:Obama was elected because: (1) he got a high percentage of the vote from 'persons of color'
He did get a high percentage of the vote from minorities, but that wasn't why he was elected. Minorities only make up approximately 30% of the entire US population. Blacks and Hispanics are only about 26%. Minorities could not possibly have elected Barack Obama by themselves.
White people had to have voted for him in large number for him to have won in 2008.
If he loses in 2012, it won't be because white people suddenly didn't like his skin color. It will be because he has had a record of failure.
McCain WON the white vote; getting 55%. Obama overcame this deficit by garnering 95% of the minority vote.
As long as whites don't vote in such skewed percentages (95% in this case) the minorities will once again elect
Obama as President.
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Voter-Group-White (100 votes) 55% vote for Candidate-Mr-White; 45% for Candidate-Mr-Minority
Voter-Group-Minority (20 votes) 90% vote for Candidate-Mr-Minority; 10% Candidate-Mr-White
Candidate-Mr-White gets 57 votes; Candidate-Mr-Minority gets 63 votes This simple example shows
how a minority that votes as a Block can elect a candidate.
I look for the same thing to happen in the next Presidental election.
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I never said Obama was elected by the minorities themselves. I said he got a high percentage of the vote from
minorities. This pushed him over the top. Had minorities not voted as a block Obama would have lost; simple as that.
If he loses in 2012, it won't be because white people suddenly didn't like his skin color. It will be because he has had a record of failure.
So ricohoc, since you have the WHY all figured out then complete this: if Obama wins in 2012 it will be because he......