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Old 03-31-2008, 05:37 PM  
ADL Colin
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Interesting take on Obama/Clinton and Black/White politics

Obama is performing best in states with a relatively high percentage of black OR white voters. So far, he has done well in states above 17% black voters or less than 6% black voters.

Here is the "interesting take".
?When the black population is really small, racial polarization is small enough that Obama can win, and when the black population is large, any polarization is drowned out by the overwhelming size of the Democratic black vote,? says Schaller, who recently authored the book Whistling Past Dixie analyzing demographic voting trends. ?But in the middle range, polarization is sizeable enough that black voters cannot overcome it, and these are the states where she win


Article: http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/...nton_firewall/
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