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The Library => The SGA => Topic started by: Townhallsavoy on May 09, 2013, 10:14:03 AM
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Blacks outvoted whites in 2012, the first time on record
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CNN's Dan Merica
Washington (CNN) – A new Census Bureau report provides more evidence that the changing demographics of the United States are having a deep impact at the voting booth.
The report on the 2012 election found that for the first time on record, black voters turned out to the presidential polls at a higher rate than whites. More than 66% of eligible blacks voted in the presidential contest that pit President Barack Obama against Republican nominee Mitt Romney. Only 64.1% of whites turned out to vote.
The report was released Wednesday.
This the first time since 1968 that blacks turned out at a higher rate the whites.
In addition to blacks turning out at a higher rate, the number of Asian and Hispanic voters grew from 2008 to 2012. Hispanics added 1.4 million people and Asians added over 500,000. Between 1996 and 2012, blacks, Asians and Hispanics all saw their percentage of the voting population increase.
"Over the last five presidential elections, the share of voters who were racial or ethnic minorities rose from just over one in six in 1996 to more than one in four in 2012," said Thom File, the report's author.
The highest turnout of blacks, in addition to the growing number of Hispanics and Asians, could also explain Obama's success in defeating Romney.
According to CNN exit polls, 93% of African-Americans, 71% of Hispanics and 73% of Asians supported Obama over Romney.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/05/09/blacks-outvoted-whites-in-2012-the-first-time-on-record/?hpt=hp_t2
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My question is whether it's your coloreds or your crackas, chinks, spics, wops, japs or whoever....what the hell did the other 30+% of the eligible voters do on election day? Did they just decide it wasn't that important?
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My question is whether it's your coloreds or your crackas, chinks, spics, wops, japs or whoever....what the hell did the other 30+% of the eligible voters do on election day? Did they just decide it wasn't that important?
The effects of bong hits do not discriminate. I was gonna go to the polls and vote.....then I got high.
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Do you really not know why Blacks outvoted whites this last time? I assume you are joking?
My question is whether it's your coloreds or your crackas, chinks, spics, wops, japs or whoever....what the hell did the other 30+% of the eligible voters do on election day? Did they just decide it wasn't that important?
Sat there asses at home b/c they don't like politics. It doesn't affect them so some of them say so they don't vote. Plus if you go stand in line to vote after work, you might miss American Idol or something.
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Do you really not know why Blacks outvoted whites this last time? I assume you are joking?
Sat there asses at home b/c they don't like politics. It doesn't affect them so some of them say so they don't vote. Plus if you go stand in line to vote after work, you might miss American Idol or something.
Well to be fair, they were down to the two finalists that night.
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Well to be fair, they were down to the two finalists that night.
Of course and you only had a limited time you could vote!