Posted on 11/07/2012 6:52:07 AM PST by KeyLargo
NEW YORK (WLS) - A coalition of women and nonwhites helped re-elect President Obama to a second term Tuesday night.
Obama has always performed better with women than with men, and with nonwhites than with whites. But on Tuesday night, those numbers were so much in his favor that they built Obama a powerful firewall against a dropoff in support from white men and independent voters.
Nonwhite voters turned out to vote in higher numbers than ever. They made up 21 percent of all voters. In 1996, they were just 10 percent.
That new bloc was evident in Florida, the perennial swing state that was thought to be in Mitt Romney's corner. Hispanics came out in force for Obama, in greater numbers than in 2008 when Obama beat John McCain among Hispanics in Florida 57 to 42 percent. On Tuesday, he beat Romney among Hispanics 60 to 39 percent.
And as the country tinted blue for the second presidential election in a row, it also got a little less white.
(Excerpt) Read more at wlsam.com ...
Until we have the courage to stand up and protect against the massive vote fraud that was perpetrated in this election, we will not recover.
If I told this story before, indulge me because it bears re-telling.
Back in ‘07, I was involved in a major Nat’l Guard FTX. We had people from all over east of the Mississippi meet at Leavenworth for the event.
As we were headed for chow, a group of out-of-staters started a political bull session. Some of them (backeasters) started in on how the Constitution is flawed, should be a living document, etc.
So I joined in. My question was this: “Which of the Amendments to the Constitution has caused the most damage to the nation?”
Thoughtful stares followed. One fool said the First. Of course, the Second came up. A few scratched their heads. One genius said the Eighth.
I replied, “You’re all wrong. It was the Nineteenth.”
Blank stares.
“All of this nation’s ills, foreign and domestic, past present and future, can be traced back to the moment we gave women the right to vote.”
And there were sage nods from the throng...
I got slated by a couple on here for saying Rubio should have been picked because we needed the hispanics and FL,
whilst Ryan is a good man he brought nothing in the way of EC
Yes, we will only prevail by becoming the Democrat party. I’ve been thinking about this all morning.
And we can't forget...Obama probably got 100% of the Muslim vote. In areas like Northern VA, with its huge Muslim population, that makes quite a difference. This is most certainly why Obama acted as he did about Benghazi, he did not want to offend his Muslim base of support. And the media knew that, and did not want to do anything to criticize Obama's handling of the attack, certainly not before the elections when those Muslim votes were so important.
Those screeching, celebrating young women and blacks will soon be celebrating unemployment/inability to find jobs.
I will enjoy their downward slide, and I am not sorry to say that.
How stupid can people be?
For 30 years, the frauds from both parties flooded the country with tens of millions of socialist foreigners and illegal aliens...While big gov public schools brain washed the youngsters.
And you’re now surprised?
I believe this is the greatest crime ever committed against the American people, yet a sizable number apparently celebrate it.
While the GOP can do little about the racist vote they certainly can regain women voters by leaving the maternity issue out of politics.
As for illegals, just shut up about it and enforce the laws when/if they ever get in a position of power.
Romney was a poor choice but the ignorant, belligerent idiots that refused to get out and vote due to “principle” deserve scorn and belittlement.
I was very interested by the study found here:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1901654
according to this paper, in their sampling of about a million male voters and using the 2008 election, Total registered versus total citizens voting: 86.2% of White men were registered to vote; of that only some 60% actually voted. 75% of Black men were registered to vote, but only about 45% voted. And 67% of Hispanic men were registered but only about 40% voted.
Now even deducting a few percentage points for the elderly or infirm voter, or those ‘on the fringe’, we’re still left with a significant percentage of registered, non-felon, male citizen voters that simply don’t vote.
What can we do as a party to woe these guys over?
>One of the reasons why the Canadian Conservative party has been so successful in recent years has been its ability to make inroads with the east and south asian communities, by recruiting candidates and emphasizing small government, lower taxes and support for small business.
Exactly. And they do not try to shove morals down the votes throats.
The GOP better wake up and stop letting the akins and mourdocks scare away voters.
I've long said (1) a great starting point for "change" would be to repeal every Amendment after XV.
And, (2) more than any other, Amendment XIX marked the beginning of the end.
Conservative, Bible-believing, godly "Proverbs 31" women tend to agree enthusiastically. Others, not so much. :)
What, do we have to send you to re-education camp or something? It looks like they’re already at the top of the male voting bell curve. What you’re asking would be like asking how we could improve Asian males’ math SAT scores. Instead your focus should be on ‘no voter left behind’ and ‘vote to the top’ initiatives. Jeesh! ;-)
an awful lot of single, American women are walking disasters. Feminism has given us women who have way too high an opinion of themselves. “The hassle” is very real. Those of you who are married: your wife may be just fine, but look at how many of her friends are just nuts. My ex is nuts, but at least she votes Republican/conservative.
That’s the kind of talk from a loser, a sore loser. It isn’t going to win any elections, that’s for sure. Well, maybe on a deserted island somewhere. V’s wife.
Wow; that is NOT going to win any elections for anybody. I happen to like voting. I don’t like people who want to disenfranchise me or anybody else. V’s wife.
Does it occur to anybody that Romney, who, in debate, proclaimed himself enthusiastically pro war? He never ceded an inch to Ron Paul and that is what cost him. Had he embraced Paul, Obama would have been toast. Nobody I have talked to supports our empire building. Least of all the military people I know.
This paper examines the growth of government during this century as a result of giving women the right to vote. Using cross-sectional time-series data for 1870 to 1940, we examine state government expenditures and revenue as well as voting by U.S. House and Senate state delegations and the passage of a wide range of different state laws. Suffrage coincided with immediate increases in state government expenditures and revenue and more liberal voting patterns for federal representatives, and these effects continued growing over time as more women took advantage of the franchise. Contrary to many recent suggestions, the gender gap is not something that has arisen since the 1970s, and it helps explain why American government started growing when it did.
The bill for birth control is a population unable to sustain itself, and it will come due in the next 40 years.
The bill for reliance upon government as the surrogate husband (destruction of the family & true marriage) is a government and people unable to sustain themselves, and evermore devoid of tangible freedom.
It is funny democrats have been so worried about the sustainability of the environment(which is always changing anyway) while they ignore our own demographics, and the absoutly devastating effect that has on our future. I know from talking to many of them that is their plan. I guess they don’t yet graps how many problems these things are going to get and how Bad bad can get.
Leftist have always been challenged in understanding the system of interrelation of systems. Just as they have religiously refused to accept the wisdom of time(tradition) & God(bible).
The unfortunate fact is unless we find a way to cut ourselves off from them and from a new free country of patriots we will be dragged down thou theses lessiosn the hard way with them. (thanks a lot Obama voters)
it was fun while it lasted
Yup... :-(
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