05-08-2008, 07:22 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-Amber G.+May 7 2008, 04:12 PM-->QUOTE(Amber G. @ May 7 2008, 04:12 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Just to give an example, Edwards last election in NC senate:
(Thanks to google one can check: http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/....poll.html
Edwards got 41% of white votes and 91% of African American Votes (Not much different from recent NC results, if you substitute Obama for Edwards) .. Of course, I just chose one example, one can choose other elections (Clintonâs win, or 2004 elections etc) and this kind of difference is far from being unusual.
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AmberG, the results you posted were in a race between democrat versus republican. In such a race, it's given that the African-Americans lean heavily with democratic party irrespective of the individual's race/ethnicity.
A fairer (pardon the pun) comparison of a black-versus-white candidate would be to look for data within same party (example: Jesse Jackson verus other white Democratic candidates; or Alan Keyes versus other white Republican candidates) and can't find data on this.
(Thanks to google one can check: http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/....poll.html
Edwards got 41% of white votes and 91% of African American Votes (Not much different from recent NC results, if you substitute Obama for Edwards) .. Of course, I just chose one example, one can choose other elections (Clintonâs win, or 2004 elections etc) and this kind of difference is far from being unusual.
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AmberG, the results you posted were in a race between democrat versus republican. In such a race, it's given that the African-Americans lean heavily with democratic party irrespective of the individual's race/ethnicity.
A fairer (pardon the pun) comparison of a black-versus-white candidate would be to look for data within same party (example: Jesse Jackson verus other white Democratic candidates; or Alan Keyes versus other white Republican candidates) and can't find data on this.