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When it comes to demographics and how specific voter blocks voted, I found a few interesting facts.
First, nearly every demographic group showed more support for Obama in 2008, than they did Bush in 2004.... Including White people, rich people, and even White evangelicals (so much for the race card). But that's how it should have been after 8 years of Republicans, the public losing support for the war in Iraq, the dismal economy, a republican opponent who didn't have much support from his base, and the fact that Obama was an inspiring public speaker who represent a milestone in American politics if elected.
As for this election, nearly every demographic group supported Obama less this time, than they had in 2008, with a few curious exceptions. Once again, the fact Obama got less support this election is the way it should have been. His economic policies failed, he doubled the budget deficits over those of Bush, in every single year after promising to cut them in half, he ran up more national debt in in just over 3 year, than Bush had in 8 years, the unemployment rate was higher on election day, than it was when he took office, the real unemployment rate had stayed the same for 2 years while we were supposed to be in an economic recovery, the percent of eligible workers that had jobs was nearly 2% lower than the day he took office, his job creation levels were barely keeping up with population growth, the GDP was crawling at around 2% quarterly, the number of people on food stamps and government assistance was setting records and not slowing down, and average family incomes were down $4,000 a year during his presidency.
Other than the fact that Asians and Hispanics (I smell racism) actually increased their support significantly for the man, after such a dismal economic record, the only other thing that was puzzling was why he didn't lose far more support than he did from all the other demographic groups? He lost very little on no support from women, Catholics and people making less than $50k per year, and still had the overwhelming support of Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, voters under 30, Jewish voters, and those making less than $30k per year.
The only voting demographics that diminished their support for Obama, anywhere close to proportionately compared to his job performance, were voters over 45, people who attended church weekly, White people, Jewish voters, along with folks from rural areas and small towns... That's it.
The last time an incumbent president up for reelection had such a dismal economic record, he was defeated in an electoral landslide, losing by 440 electoral votes, and 7 million popular votes... His name was Jimmy Carter.
So what in the hell changed in the last 32 years to the American electorate? Do we really have that many uninformed voters, or is it that a large percentage of them all the sudden lost touch with reality... Maybe people have become more selfish and self centered since 1980, and don't give a damn if the nations economy completely collapses, as long as they get their government checks and free cell phones... Or could it be that we're finally seeing who the real racists are in America?
First, nearly every demographic group showed more support for Obama in 2008, than they did Bush in 2004.... Including White people, rich people, and even White evangelicals (so much for the race card). But that's how it should have been after 8 years of Republicans, the public losing support for the war in Iraq, the dismal economy, a republican opponent who didn't have much support from his base, and the fact that Obama was an inspiring public speaker who represent a milestone in American politics if elected.
As for this election, nearly every demographic group supported Obama less this time, than they had in 2008, with a few curious exceptions. Once again, the fact Obama got less support this election is the way it should have been. His economic policies failed, he doubled the budget deficits over those of Bush, in every single year after promising to cut them in half, he ran up more national debt in in just over 3 year, than Bush had in 8 years, the unemployment rate was higher on election day, than it was when he took office, the real unemployment rate had stayed the same for 2 years while we were supposed to be in an economic recovery, the percent of eligible workers that had jobs was nearly 2% lower than the day he took office, his job creation levels were barely keeping up with population growth, the GDP was crawling at around 2% quarterly, the number of people on food stamps and government assistance was setting records and not slowing down, and average family incomes were down $4,000 a year during his presidency.
Other than the fact that Asians and Hispanics (I smell racism) actually increased their support significantly for the man, after such a dismal economic record, the only other thing that was puzzling was why he didn't lose far more support than he did from all the other demographic groups? He lost very little on no support from women, Catholics and people making less than $50k per year, and still had the overwhelming support of Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, voters under 30, Jewish voters, and those making less than $30k per year.
The only voting demographics that diminished their support for Obama, anywhere close to proportionately compared to his job performance, were voters over 45, people who attended church weekly, White people, Jewish voters, along with folks from rural areas and small towns... That's it.
The last time an incumbent president up for reelection had such a dismal economic record, he was defeated in an electoral landslide, losing by 440 electoral votes, and 7 million popular votes... His name was Jimmy Carter.
So what in the hell changed in the last 32 years to the American electorate? Do we really have that many uninformed voters, or is it that a large percentage of them all the sudden lost touch with reality... Maybe people have become more selfish and self centered since 1980, and don't give a damn if the nations economy completely collapses, as long as they get their government checks and free cell phones... Or could it be that we're finally seeing who the real racists are in America?