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Blacks outvoted whites in 2012, the first time on record (and they got their Socialist)
cnn ^ | 5/10/2013 | Dan Merica

Posted on 05/10/2013 5:24:07 AM PDT by tobyhill

A new Census Bureau report shows a higher percentage of African-Americans than whites voted in a presidential election for the first time in history last year during the matchup between President Obama and GOP nominee Mitt Romney.

The report, released Wednesday, found that more than 66% of eligible blacks voted in the presidential contest. Only 64.1% of whites turned out to vote.

This marks the first time since 1968 that blacks turned out at a higher rate the whites.

In addition to blacks turning out at a higher rate, the number of Asian and Hispanic voters grew from 2008 to 2012. Hispanics added 1.4 million people and Asians added over 500,000. Between 1996 and 2012, blacks, Asians and Hispanics all saw their percentage of the voting population increase.

"Over the last five presidential elections, the share of voters who were racial or ethnic minorities rose from just over one in six in 1996 to more than one in four in 2012," said Thom File, the report's author.

The highest turnout of blacks, in addition to the growing number of Hispanics and Asians, could also explain Obama's success in defeating Romney.

According to CNN exit polls, 93% of African-Americans, 71% of Hispanics and 73% of Asians supported Obama over Romney.

(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bho2012; blackvote; romney2012; whitevote
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To: jsanders2001

That is your view of why Romney didn’t challenge it and it could be the right version.

I don’t believe Romney wanted the job in the First place.

If he were a Patriotic American he would now be trying to find a way to stop it from happening again, but he has gone back to getting richer.


41 posted on 05/10/2013 8:47:30 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: tobyhill

I wonder what the real vote was before all the electronic vote fraud kicked in for the democrats.....


42 posted on 05/10/2013 9:09:16 AM PDT by Iron Munro (Obama-Ville - Land of The Freebies, Home of the Enslaved)
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To: tobyhill

This was posted last week.

Not shocking. Blacks had their half-black president and as signs on their Baltimore abodes said, “WE got your back, Uhbama”. They came out in droves just to vote for a halfie and make sure he got back in, and of course they lock-step it for Dems anyway.

I was right, though it’s barely been mentioned. Blacks put Uhbama in and again.


43 posted on 05/10/2013 10:49:05 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: AlexW

No. Whites are not nearly as predictable as blacks. So if even a slight majority of whites votes Dem, tons of blacks coming out will vote 99% Dem and make a difference. Thus Uhbama’s slight overall win.


44 posted on 05/10/2013 10:55:57 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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