Black People Politics : Is The Black Vote Necessary To Win the US Presidency?

[kidkhuti33]

Not voting is why this publican congress is able to thwart all that Obama wants to do.



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My not voting in a popular for president vote effects effects congress, I thought thats why we have state elections, petitions, representatives to bug when it came to congress but If Im wrong, let me go foward in time to the presidential election and make this big ole difference.

 

[SophiaG]

Every vote is necessary. Just remember, in 2000, George W. Bush won by 500 votes in Florida.

 

[Gorilla]

http://frederickdouglassrepublican.com/

Total bs.

 

[Gorilla]

White Women (and women in general really) actually are more likely to vote democrat due to the anti-woman policies of the republican party. They want to do away with planned parenthood, and Trump the frontrunner constantly makes disparaging remarks about women's looks. Not very attractive for women voters of any race.

The Democrats on the other hand, want to preserve PP, have enacted a segment of the Affordable Care Act to say that women cannot pay more for health insurance policies than men (They used to have to pay more), and are trying to get a national policy so that women can have mandated maternity leave and childcare so they can go to work and support their families.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/120839/women-likely-democrats-regardless-age.aspx

This is true across all races, but the majority of white women and men voted republican in 2008.

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/polls/#USP00p1

Select National Exit Poll for the Presidential election.

The trend continued in 2012 as well: http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/results/race/president/

 

[SophiaG]

This is true across all races, but the majority of white women and men voted republican in 2008.

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/polls/#USP00p1

Select National Exit Poll for the Presidential election.

The trend continued in 2012 as well: http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/results/race/president/

I was thinking about this after I posted. You're right and I was wrong in my initial impression. What it comes out to is that white women are *more likely* to be democrat than white men due to republicans being so poor women's issues, but overall statistically it comes out like you said.

All women should really vote democrat though IMO for the reasons I listed in my previous post. They're just shooting themselves in the foot if they don't.