The hairdresser (a middle aged black lady) that my wife goes to stated that she could not understand how any black person could have voted for the Food Stamp President. My wife had never brought the subject up before and assumed that she probably would have voted for him. What my wife had missed were two telltale signs: she had a job and worked every day and she was deeply committed to her church.
Look at it this way. the percentage who voted for the GOP went up about 6% this time...from 95 to 89% voting Dem. If you assume the percentage in those magical precincts of Philly, Cleveland and other big cities are at 100%, with large populations, I would imagine the % among middle class that we would encounter day to day is probably more like 75% or less...not that far out of the norm. 2008 was a near lock among African Americans, and I understand to some extent in that one. This time, if pretty much fell back into historical norms between the parties.