Demographics on Obama’s crushing victory
Daily Dish: …Obama won 52 percent of the non-black vote under 30. Among the over-60s, he won a mere 15 percent of the non-black vote. The legacy is racism is clearly dying. Then this: Obama won every demographic among the religiously observant. And the more devout they are – judging by their church attendance – the better he did. His narrowest margins against Clinton and Edwards were among those who never attend church services.
In last week’s SC GOP primary, McCain and Huckabee (the top 2 finishers), got 147,283 and 132,440 votes respectively. That’s a total of 279,723. Obama just pulled down 291,000 by himself. Here’s the data.
I’d say this is the game changer. Obama can now say that he’s got the best ability to put southern states in play. Obama can attempt a true 50 state strategy. He probably would not win too many southern states, but winning a few absolutely obliterates the GOP’s chances in November.
Bubba: Obama Is Just Like Jesse Jackson
A Quick Fundraising Spike Online
WP-By Matthew Mosk and Jose Antonio Vargas
A source inside the Obama campaign says the candidate’s web site has seen one of its best hours tonight, raising $525,000 in one hour. A senior aide inside the Obama campaign said the candidate’s site saw its “highest peak” tonight in both online donations and traffic, “bigger than after Iowa, bigger than after New Hampshire.”
The Obama campaign measures online donations every 15 minutes, and the source said that online money was pouring in at the rate of more than $500,000 per hour.
I don’t agree at all, LeftHook, with your posting. Here’s the first part of an excellent commentary on the failed policy of integration in the U.S. And it turns out that what I’ve been saying all along is true – human nature takes over.
http://tinyurl.com/2f7vxs
Hugh: I enjoy reading your comments, but your way of thinking about race and sexuality is over.
When you look at the beliefs and behavior of younger Americans, they overwhelmingly don’t care about race and sex. It’s only when you move up to the older demographics that they become an issue. (The demographics of Obama’s support bear this out.)
In a couple of generations, articles like the one you linked to will be looked back on with a combination of head-scratching and historical disconnection. They will join 18th and 19th century posters announcing slave auctions in our history books.
LeftHook, still disagree. But in a couple of generations neither of us will be around so that one could say to the other “I told you so”.
Thanks for reading the article. I wish American Renaissance had posted the entire article, but they need a certain amount of revenue to keep going. I subscribe and hence read the full piece. Much more information was contained in the article that helps explain what is going on with the Obama candidacy, and with regard to race relations in general. American Renaissance contends it’s not working out the way the “Mixers” or those pushing for a “Tan Everyman” had hoped.
But again, thanks for the reasoned comments. So many on this blog just call one names without attempting to logically refute a given position that runs counter to the Politically Correct Orthodoxy.
Culture is the key. If your culture is different, it won’t matter whether you are of the same race or nationality or not.
It is true that many nationalities have their own culture but, it is also true that in any nationality you will find more than one culture.
The people like Obama that live in a different culture than the majority of the people in their race or nationality are being accepted by the younger people who look more to culture than race or nationality.
But, culture is very important to any nation. It can make or break a nation. We have a culture of weakness in our nation. Dependence on government is so rampant in all races and nationalities that the nation is becoming weaker and weaker each decade.
We now depend on government funding for 52% of the people and government spending is 44% of national income. We depend on debt to maintain our standards of living as a nation, as cities, states and individuals.
Those conditions span all nationalities and races to varying degrees. As John Adams said
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“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” -
— John Adams
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So if this is the case, why did they create what they did? Because it is better than other choices while it lasts.
We are self-destructing and it has little to do with race or nationality but everything to do with human nature. Had we never immigrated in mass, we would still self-destruct. Nations that are “free” to choose their own destiny will self-destruct as soon as they find they can vote themselves benefits whether they be of one race or nationality or many.
Instead of focus on race or nationality we should be focused on what is destroying our nation, which is its culture of dependence on federal government instead of family, community and state.
Already in this current slowdown, the states are demanding massive federal funding to shore up their failing economies that have collapsed due to the housing crisis, millions of lost property taxes, impact fees, corporate profits, lost income for real estate agents, laid off construction workers, title company workers, financial institutions, etc.
This is about a nation of people who lost their way almost 100 years ago (esp. in 1913), not some nationality or race of people living here now. You can’t blame those here now for setting this course when the nation was putting in place the foundation of the mess we are in, 70 to 100 years ago and some even further back than that.
Obama Won More Votes Than McCain And Huckabee Combined
FROM HP
Blacks are certainly very race conscious as 80% of them, regardless of gender, voted for one of their own. Shame whites don’t have the same solidarity!
And I would discount the younger white voter as being a victim of 24/7 propaganda supporting “multiculturalism” and also not being around on this earth long enough to really understand how it all works. Give them time and they will come around. I remember being interested in voting for Jessee Jackson years ago, as a young man. I sure don’t feel that way any more!
Obama calls Clinton strategy outdated
Bill Clinton has a dream?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4zgXVdSG_k
Jan Paul –
EXCELLENT quote from John Adams! It is unfortunate more people haven’t read or even attempted to read the words of our Founders.
Your points are right on target. In fact, the Founders would be abhorred by the current state of the “nanny-Nation.”
I don’t believe the problems with our Nation are racially driven, rather, I think we have a MAJOR problem with assimilation.
THe left would have us believe that “multi-culturalism” and “diversity” are good things when our history clearly tells us otherwise. My family is of Irish extraction, but I refuse to call myself an “Irish-American.” By doing so, I believe I’d be buying into the same stupidity the left preaches.
Whether Irish-American, African-American, Polish-American, Italian-American, etc., etc., the vast majority have forgotten the thing all of us have in common is that we’re Americans first, last, and always. The ideas and political leanings of our ancestors from other places have no role in our current society.
This Nation was built and prospered under a notion of opportunity with personal responsibility – NOT GOVERNMENT responsibility. The multi-culuralists bring the baggage and, in many cases, socialist leanings of their ancestors to our shores and expect us to adapt to that way of life. This is simply un-American. The sooner we return to that notion and vision of our Founders, the sooner we’ll be back on the road to the America we should be.
Mr Konop,
Boy, I can’t understand why anyone would think the Clintons are running a race-baiting campaign to paint Obama as “the black candidate.”
It is very easy.
First, identify people only by race. Hence, Jesse Jackson cannot be considered an “outsider” candidate, but can only be considered a black candidate.
Second, seek out every opportunity to take the worst possible attitude toward anyone named Clinton.
Easy, isn’t it?
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Clinton Camp Says Obama Is Now “The Black Candidate”
WOW Clinton has lost any dignity at this point!
“Shame whites don’t have the same solidarity!”
They did Hugh. It was called Nazi Germany.
People are running (not walking) away from the Clintons (and “more of the same”)
“WOW Clinton has lost any dignity at this point!”
When did they have dignity?