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cali

(114,904 posts)
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 01:30 PM Oct 2012

This election is clearly divided by race and ethnicity

sure it's divided by other things as well, but this is a big factor.

Mitt is winning decisively among white voters while the President is winning overwhelmingly with minorities.

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But all of the focus on these groups has obfuscated one fact: Mitt Romney is performing very, very well among white voters. And in fact, most recent polls show him winning the white vote by more than any GOP presidential candidate since Ronald Reagan.

Some recent national polls have shown Romney losing the Latino vote by upwards of 40 or 50 points – a result that, if it came to pass, would significantly hurt the GOP’s chances of winning the White House, given the rapid growth in the Latino population.

But even if Romney sustains a huge loss on the Latino vote, he could very well offset that (and much more) by out-performing his Republican predecessors when it comes to white voters, which are still about seven times as much of the electorate as Latinos. Indeed, it’s not unreasonable to think that Romney could win 60 percent or more of white voters this year.

The most recent national polls from four pollsters — Gallup, Monmouth University, Fox News and the Pew Research Center — all show Romney winning the white vote by more than 20 points. That’s something no GOP presidential candidate has done since Reagan’s landslide 1984 reelection win.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/10/18/mitt-romney-is-winning-the-white-vote-by-a-lot/

Racism. It makes me sick.

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This election is clearly divided by race and ethnicity (Original Post) cali Oct 2012 OP
There are people in this country who still can't get over the Civil War. That should speak volumes. LovePeacock Oct 2012 #1
I don't know about that martin061360 Oct 2012 #2
I do. Sorry, but when will people get that anecdotal tales mean nothing? cali Oct 2012 #3
"clearly divided by ethnicity "works both ways nt msongs Oct 2012 #4
Rmoney Might Win Over 60% of the VOTING MACHINEZ More Likely AndyTiedye Oct 2012 #5

martin061360

(39 posts)
2. I don't know about that
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 01:34 PM
Oct 2012

Where I live in Texas, if you are not working(it is said) it is because you don't want to work or you can't pass a drug test because the oil field is booming. Yet so many people I talk to, and a lot of them are Hispanic, are really sold on how bad things are under Obama. Drives me crazy.

 

cali

(114,904 posts)
3. I do. Sorry, but when will people get that anecdotal tales mean nothing?
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 01:45 PM
Oct 2012

Poll after poll after poll affirms that the President is winning the Latino vote by 30+ votes. So that you talk to a few people who aren't, just doesn't measure up to that.

AndyTiedye

(23,500 posts)
5. Rmoney Might Win Over 60% of the VOTING MACHINEZ More Likely
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 03:28 PM
Oct 2012

They were saying this a lot in 2002 when we saw double-digit flips in Georgia.

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