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Look at the Exit poll numbers again and tell me it was the financial crisis.


18-29 All Races

Bush deficit: 1.5
McCain deficit: 6.1

Blacks (over 29)
Bush deficit: 6.2
McCain deficit: 9.1

Latino (over 29)
Bush deficit: 0.45
McCain deficit: 1.4

Asian/Other (over 29)
Bush deficit: 0.5
McCain deficit: 1.5

Total
Bush deficit: 8.65
McCain deficit: 18.1

Bush won by 2.5%
Obama won by 6%

Obama won because of turnout and the overwhelming support of the young and minorities (and because older whites voted in more or less their same patterns). Why? Because of what Obama represents. A young, black, son of an immigrant President represents:

A rejection of the Bush years;

A rejection of the Clinton years;

A validation of where this country has been, where it is now and where it is going, racially and culturally;

A respite from the politics and divisiveness of the older generations;

A re-embrace of the American ideals by the younger generation and the historically disenfranchised.

The Math:

18-29
.54 x 17 = Kerry (9.18)
.45 x 17 = Bush (7.65)

.66 x 18 = Obama (11.88)
.32 x 18 = McCain (5.76)

Bush deficit: 1.5
McCain deficit: 6.1

Blacks (over 29)
.88 x 8 = Kerry (7.04%)
.11 x 8 = Bush (0.88%)

.95 x 10 = Obama (9.5%)
.04 x 10 = McCain (0.4%)

Bush deficit: 6.2
McCain deficit: 9.1

Latino (over 29)
.44 x 5 = Bush (2.2%)
.53 x 5 = Kerry (2.65%)

.32 x 5 = McCain (1.6%)
.66 x 5 = Obama (3.3%)

Bush deficit: 0.45
McCain deficit: 1.4

Asian & Other (over 29)
Asian (2%)
.44 x 2 = Bush (0.9%)
.55 x 2 = Kerry (1.1%)

.35 x 2 = McCain (0.7%)
.61 x 2 = Obama (1.2%)

Other (2%)
.4 x 2 = Bush (0.8%)
.54 x 2 = Kerry (1.1%)

Other (3%)
.31 x 3 = McCain (0.9%)
.65 x 3 = Obama (1.95%)

Subtracting 25% from the above Asian/Other for 18-29’s:

Bush deficit: 0.5
McCain deficit: 1.5