[jveritas]

That 95% black vote in the last election pretty much decided the election.

A 95% of the black vote going democrat in 2008 versus a 91% in of the black vote going democrat 2004 makes less than 0.5% difference of the total votes as blacks only represent 13% of the electorate.

[adorno]

A 95% of the black vote going democrat in 2008 versus a 91% in of the black vote going democrat 2004 makes less than 0.5% difference of the total votes as blacks only represent 13% of the electorate.

Don't forget the huge Hispanic vote which I mentioned.

However, the black vote might be "just" 13% of the vote, but that still represents a huge chunk of the overall vote. So, what I said still stands... if whites vote in approximate equal numbers for democrats and republicans, the many millions of black votes will swing the election to the democrats. It's not just the small fraction which you mentioned.