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When it Comes to Politics, Are We More Racist Than We Think?
Yahoo ^ | 11-June-2012 | Lylah M. Alphonse

Posted on 06/11/2012 9:02:49 PM PDT by TopDeadCenter

The state with the highest racially charged search rate was West Virginia, where 41 percent of voters chose Keith Judd, a white man who is also a convicted felon currently in prison in Texas, over Obama just this May. Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, South Carolina, Alabama, and New Jersey rounded out the top 10 most-racist areas, according to the search queries used.

Even if states that are considered fairly liberal, racism is prevalent enough in certain areas to put the entire state high up on the list. "Other areas with high percentages included western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, upstate New York and southern Mississippi," Stephens-Davidowitz points out in his New York Times article.

The 10 states with the fewest racially charged searches were Utah, Hawaii, Colorado, New Mexico, Idaho, Washington DC, Minnesota, Oregon, Montana, and Wyoming.

What does this mean for this year's contest? "Losing even two percentage points lowers the probability of a candidate's winning the popular vote by a third," Stephens-Davidowitz explains. "Prejudice could cost Mr. Obama crucial states like Ohio, Florida and even Pennsylvania."

(Excerpt) Read more at shine.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election; obama; racist; voters
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To: TopDeadCenter

Only if socialism is a race.


21 posted on 06/11/2012 11:42:06 PM PDT by svcw (If one living cell on another planet is life, why isn't it life in the womb?)
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To: TopDeadCenter

Most whites have become brain dead borg.


22 posted on 06/12/2012 12:12:11 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: cmomm44

Racism and sexism are alive and well in America, and one need look no further than affirmative action to see it. When less-qualified ethnic minorities or women are given admission to colleges or jobs based on those criteria, then you have institutionalized racism and sexism - a government policy that recognizes that those minorities and women are inferior to white men. Excluding those white men from those spots is racist as well; I’m still dumbfounded that these policies pass legal muster, and view both of those groups with complete apathy as a result.


23 posted on 06/12/2012 2:33:21 AM PDT by kearnyirish2
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To: TopDeadCenter

In 2008, the United States elected a black man President. Where was all this talk of racism then?

What all the talk of racism is about is trying for those few votes that might have gone the other way if they are not made to feel guilty.

I’ll grant you that there might be a remnant of racism remaining in the south, but it was overruled by the majority of white people here in this country.


24 posted on 06/12/2012 3:37:30 AM PDT by maxwellsmart_agent
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To: kearnyirish2
Good points. My impression is that most racism left today in this country is concentrated among liberals. They are usually the only ones who throw race into the debate. I am perfectly willing to overlook an individual’s race/ethnicity and focus on their ideas and qualifications to hold a particular office, but when I do, liberals accuse me of being racist. I place no premium on an individual's race, so that makes me a racist. Sure sounds like Newspeak to me, doubleplus ungood.
25 posted on 06/12/2012 3:43:36 AM PDT by chimera
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To: TopDeadCenter

What is a “racially charged” search? Assuming the premise of this article is based on internet searches, are they including any search that makes reference to race in it? That’s clearly not the same as racist, yet they base all their assumptions on it.


26 posted on 06/12/2012 3:48:32 AM PDT by smalltownslick
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To: TopDeadCenter
...got to get the "EXCUSES" ready....BTW..blame whitey
27 posted on 06/12/2012 3:59:19 AM PDT by Doogle (((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: TopDeadCenter

The Marxists simply can’t manage to play without their race card.


28 posted on 06/12/2012 4:04:02 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: chimera

Without race the libs lose 75% of their “muscle” (votes); their treatment of the useful idiots in the race industry is disgraceful.


29 posted on 06/12/2012 4:04:36 AM PDT by kearnyirish2
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To: TopDeadCenter

The race card deck has endless cards.


30 posted on 06/12/2012 4:09:12 AM PDT by bmwcyle (Romney - not Obama - not a Conservative - not a real Christian)
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To: TopDeadCenter

And the reason there’s no Barf Alert is ... ?


31 posted on 06/12/2012 4:11:41 AM PDT by samtheman
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To: TopDeadCenter

When it Comes to Politics, Are We More Racist Than We Think?

Like we didn’t know this was coming... one question for you dumb$hits in the socialist-loving MSM... How did this clueless a$$ clown get elected the first time?


32 posted on 06/12/2012 4:11:41 AM PDT by Common Sense 101 (Hey libs... If your theories fly in the face of reality, it's not reality that's wrong.)
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To: TopDeadCenter

This nitwit ignores the fact that many white, racist Dems voted for Obama. I know because I know a number of racist Dems who would rather elect Castro than vote for a Republican. Politics trumps race in virtually every situation. Except in cases such as when Hillary Clinton received only about five percent of the Black vote in head to head contests with Obama in the 2008 primaries despite having virtually the same platform. (Now, who are the racists sir?) Not withstanding that last situation, in the final analysis, given a clear difference in political slant, race matters little or nothing.


33 posted on 06/12/2012 4:13:24 AM PDT by driftless2
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To: driftless2

You know a number of racist Democrats? Every Democrat is racist. Only the founding party of the KKK would assume minorities are too stupid to obtain a government ID in order to vote. Only a racist would vote for Obama simply because he is black. And only a racist would support raced based hiring programs as reparations for past transgressions.


34 posted on 06/12/2012 4:25:16 AM PDT by csmusaret (I will give Obama credit for one thing- he is living proof that familiarity breeds contempt.)
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To: TopDeadCenter
....."top 10 most-racist areas, according to the search queries used."

I guess it is too much to ask what sort of "queries" this feckless, Moonbat, was referring to???

Could it be said "queries" were chosen by the NAACP, Sharpton, Jackson, et al???

35 posted on 06/12/2012 4:31:28 AM PDT by Conservative Vermont Vet (l)
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To: TopDeadCenter

You can’t win a war if you don’t identify the enemy.

We are blinded by political correctness, diversity and sensitivity.

The “melting pot” we once were has turned into the special interest pot.


36 posted on 06/12/2012 4:34:36 AM PDT by DH (Once the tainted finger of government touches anything the rot begins)
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To: TopDeadCenter

I think this president has set the black race “culture” further back than anyone else in history.

Pictures that come to mind:
1-The black union thugs at the polling place.
2-The picture of the black woman standing up at a BHO rally and saying she needs a new house.
3-The picture of Farrakhan that said don’t lay down with a white woman and make a half breed.
4-The picture of the new black panthers.
5-The picture of the black woman asked by a reporter, where does Obama get the money to give to you and her reply was I don’t know but cause he’s got it we gettin’ it!

It used to be pictures like:
1- J C Watts
2- Colin Powell
3- Justice Clarence Thomas
4- Michael Steele
5-...

mmmm, mmmm, mmmm, how the pictures have changed!


37 posted on 06/12/2012 4:39:47 AM PDT by conservativesister
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To: TopDeadCenter

I think this president has set the black race “culture” further back than anyone else in history.

Pictures that come to mind:
1-The black union thugs at the polling place.
2-The picture of the black woman standing up at a BHO rally and saying she needs a new house.
3-The picture of Farrakhan that said don’t lay down with a white woman and make a half breed.
4-The picture of the new black panthers.
5-The picture of the black woman asked by a reporter, where does Obama get the money to give to you and her reply was I don’t know but cause he’s got it we gettin’ it!

It used to be pictures like:
1- J C Watts
2- Colin Powell
3- Justice Clarence Thomas
4- Michael Steele
5-...

mmmm, mmmm, mmmm, how the pictures have changed!


38 posted on 06/12/2012 4:40:17 AM PDT by conservativesister
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To: maxwellsmart_agent
What all the talk of racism is about is trying for those few votes that might have gone the other way if they are not made to feel guilty.
That's all this is. Pure propaganda. 100% Grade A Socialist Propaganda.
39 posted on 06/12/2012 4:55:47 AM PDT by samtheman
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To: TopDeadCenter

If anyone wants to see a moonbat racist site, head over to Yahoo chat.

The racist black panthers, KKK, muslim brotherhood and David Duke supporters are in bloom at the racist Yahoo site.

I suspect that little darling Lylah is posting everyday, stirring the racist pot.


40 posted on 06/12/2012 6:00:25 AM PDT by sergeantdave (Public unions exist to protect the unions from the taxpaying public)
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