You've got it exactly bass-ackwards babe. We witnessed electoral racism in its most egregious form in 2008 when essentially the entire black population voted for a person because of the color of his skin, NOT the quality of his character (or any other damned thing).
It wasn’t just the black population that voted for him because of his skin color.
There were lots of whites that voted for him for nothing other than the color of his skin as well.
Not really. 88% voted for Kerry, 95% for Obama.
Given that blacks, like other Democrats and many other Americans, were really pissed off at the GOP in 08, the Democratic candidate would have gotten 90%+ of the black vote regardless of the color of his skin.
Where his skin color did make a difference in the black vote was in the number of black voters who showed up.
Ah, the elephant in the room that nobody is allowed to address.
The SCFOAMF got about 96% of the black vote in 2008, IIRC. Hell, Kim Jong Il doesn't even get 96% in his "elections" and that dude is a way better golfer than Zero.
When you have 96% of any group voting in lockstep, I think it's safe to say that you have some serious deficiencies in individual thinking at work.