2012 voters: The deepest racial split since ’88
Posted by Scott Clement and Jon Cohen on October 25, 2012 at 11:12 am
The 2012 election is shaping up to be more polarized along racial lines than any presidential contest since 1988, with President Obama lagging behind Republican Mitt Romney among white voters by 21 percentage points, a steep drop in support from four years ago.
As he did in 2008, Obama gets overwhelming support from non-whites, who made up a record high proportion of the overall electorate four years ago. In that contest, 80 percent of all non-whites supported Obama, including 95 percent of black voters, according to the exit poll. In the Washington Post-ABC News national tracking poll released Wednesday, Obama wins 79 percent of non-whites, and support for his reelection is nearly universal among African Americans. [more]
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So guys remember where and when you heard this before Nov.6th.2012. I don’t want to tell you all “I TOLD YOU SO” I WILL GO FURTHER, THE SCORE ALMOST 60/40 IN FAVOUR OF BARAK.
BARAK OBAMA IS MY PRESIDENT
Mr President when you won in 2008 I cried Although I never cried when my father died I even wrote a short poem about it saying How MLK in his tomb would be smiling You were thrown into a great terrible test We Canadians know you tried your best We know what the Republicans don’t know That you’re brave with the guts and the glow Knowing from where you came and where you’re going As your opportunistic opponent was just lying and acting And that is why thirteen days before the election With enough rope he’d still behave like a hellion I am telling you Mr Obama that you have won Romney is like a woodsman without a weapon You’re fighting for all Americans within your reach So just remember to add this to your victory speech
Thanks for knowing you Mr President. Sincerely, Naraine Datt PS. I SENT THIS TO HIM YESTERDAY, TODAY HE SENT ME AN INVITATION TO VISIT THE WHITE HOUSE ANYTIME.
HERE’S THE POEM I WROTE WHEN HE WON IN 2008.
MLK SMILES IN HIS TOMB
As he lie there watching At all of us celebrating I’m sure he would quietly give a smile Looking at this progress of this chile For he told America he had a dream He saw Barak Obama’s decent gleam Many called him naïve not practical They even condemned him as a radical But he really believed in America Just like how we believe in Obama Who say yes we can For all American As if the there is a slice Resulting in pure sacrifice A man of such charm and eloquence A Harvard graduate of sheer cadence It was as if David became Goliath To restore the economic aftermath It was as if he was the chosen one And all the racial strife has gone
PS.This was written today Jan 20,2009
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Not a single one of us has the tiniest bit of control of how another perceives us.
To many people if you are not “white” then you must be “black”. Equally if you are not “black” then you must be “white” to some others. It has puzzled me somewhat that very few people have ever acknowledged that the President might be classified as “Other” on some bureaucratic document or another.
The most glaring example of this stereotyping, this crass and culpable ignorance, emanated from Mr. John Sununu when he reacted to Mr. Colin Powell’s endorsement of President Obama.
It is thinking like this that causes Dr. King’s dream to remain – A Dream!
It is outside of Mr. Sununu’s comprehension to appreciate the aspiration in the following quote.
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
I invite you to listen to the content of Mr. Powell’s endorsement speech before you vote.