I would argue that this will be almost unrepeatable for the Democrats in 2012 and definitely unrepeatable in 2016.
You can only vote for the first time for the first black president once.
Overall turnout in 2008 was only 3.5% higher than in 2004 - but 12% higher for Democrats.
Here's the amazing numbers:
(1) African-Americans make up about 11.5% of the population.
(2) Due to high participation, they average 16-18% of the total electorate.
(3) Preliminary results indicate that they were 22% of the electorate in 2008 - probably an 80% turnout of eligible African-American voters.
(4) Assuming that over 90% of these African-American voters voted for the President-elect, that amounts to approximately 26 million votes.
(5) The President-elect received 67 million votes. That means that 40% of his votes came from African-Americans.
Interesting figures. It’s sad not more of the black voters took a stand against Obama for his terrible abortion record. Even many of the so-called pastors supported him.
There were a few brave ones who refused to support him. At least some kept their principles.