People think that the Hispanic vote goes to democrats but in reality the 1/3rd of Hispanics that are Protestant Christians are about 50/50 with the parties, with 56% of them voting republican in 2004 and 52% of them voting democrat in 2008.
People think that the Hispanic vote goes to democrats but in reality the 1/3rd of Hispanics that are Protestant Christians are about 50/50 with the parties, with 56% of them voting republican in 2004 and 52% of them voting democrat in 2008.
That may be true but overall, Obama got 67% of the Hispanic vote and McCain (who pandered to Latinos and was a keynote speaker at La Raza’s National Convention) got 31% with 1% voting for other candidates. Latinos were 9% of the total electorate and that percentage will rise in 2012. Latinos/Hispanics are currently 14% of the population.
For the first time in US history in 2008 blacks voted at their exact percentage of the population: 13% of all voters and 13% of the US population.
Whites were 55% for McCain and 45% for Obama.
Asians were 2% of the electorate and they went for Obama by
62% to 35% for McCain and 3% for Others.
Jews (2% of the electorate) went for Obama 78% to 21% for McCain and 2% for 3rd Party candidates.
Persons listing “other race” on exit poll forms were 3% of the electorate and they favored Obama by 66% to 31% for McCain.
Starting out an election day with 29 percent of the electorate predisposed to the Democratic candidate is a significant deficit to overcome when you add in white liberals and white left leaning independents.