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UPSG -> RE: from the 2+2=5 department (2/14/2009 5:19:18 PM)
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ORIGINAL: manxcat
.. A recent chatroom (not on CM) shout suggested that because Obama did not win a majority of white votes, that this is evidence of white racism in america... so following that logic, since Obama won 43% of the white vote, if you assume that 100% of that 43% are not racist, and 100% of the remaining 57% are racist, you get a maximum of 53% of white americans are racists. Continuing in that vein, Obama captured 96% of the Black Vote. Using the same principal, if 100% of those voting for obama are racists, then American Blacks are 1.7 times more racist than American Whites. So it appears that either American Whites are almost twice as racially tolerant as their Black countrymen, or the original premise that "anyone not voting for the other race's candidate must be racist" is flawed....
just to see the reactions[:D]
American Presidents are generally elected on plurality of votes and not by the majority of American votes anyways because a significant percentage of the American voting age population does not vote.
I don't agree that had the majority of White-Americans voted Obama would have lost. I think the majority of White-Americans (at least within a certain age range) were pro-Obama.
It ought be noted Obama was no ordinary candidate also. His color or "racial" background aside, the guy is one of the greatest orators in U.S. political history, and certainly outclasses any man or woman in U.S. politics today in delivery of speechcraft.
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