Fewer whites vote for Obama in Alabama than anywhere else [View All]

Source: Tuscaloosa News

Fewer whites vote for Obama in Alabama than anywhere else

Posted: November 12, 2008 6:07:52 AM

TUSCALOOSA | Don't tell Bill Maher, but the vote among the white electorate in Alabama for president elect Barack Obama was the lowest in the county at only 10 percent.

From an analysis by MSNBC:

"We took a look at Obama's performance with white voters in all 50 states. In 13 of them, Obama received less than 35% of the white vote. His three lowest performing states: Alabama (10%), Mississippi (11%), and Louisiana (14%). The other 10: GA (23%), SC (26%), TX (26%), OK (29%), AR (30%), UT (31%), AK (32%), WY (32%), ID (33%), and TN (34%). On the other hand, Obama won the white vote in 18 states and DC: CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, HI, IL, IA, ME, MA, MI, MN. NH. NY. OR, RI, WA, WI and VT. Obama's lowest percentage of the white vote he received in a state that he won: NC (35%). The highest percentage of the white vote Obama received in a state he lost: MT (45%)."

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I'm surprised he didn't get more than Kerry. One thing I thought interesting (not in article) is that despite having the most racist attitudes in the nation (according to polls) about 40% of West Virginian and Kentucky whites voted for Obama. They set aside their bigotry and voted in their interests. How can liberals get these Deep South whites to do the same?