How many votes did Obama lose in 2008 due to racism?

But I type it this way too! ​

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A huge proportion of the searches I looked at were for jokes about African-Americans. (I did not include searches that included the word “n#gga” because these searches were mostly for rap lyrics.)​

 

This reminds me of the research being done by Michael Tesler about how racial views toward Obama have affected long-established policy debates that until Obama's presidency have had pretty stable opposing sides.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_...ical_positions_come_down_to_racial_bias_.html

Tesler was on Chris Hayes' show on Saturday and I thought the most interesting thing he mentioned was that his research showed racial animus played a greater role in the primary voters voting for Clinton over Obama than in the general election. Or at least it was easier to demonstrate the effect of racial view vs. other ideological differences.

Here's a link to that segment...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/47750206

 

Glad to see someone putting in print what I (and, I suspect, a few other voters) have believed for some time.

That role became quite clear during the last few weeks of Mrs. Clinton's campaign. The PUMAs, for example, certainly picked a weird time in their individual and collective lives to stand up for... well, whatever it was they thought they were standing up for. Clinton herself didn't do anything to stem the tide of ugliness, and it could be argued that she helped it along early in the race with her poor reply to a question about President Obama's faith.

 

Virtually none, according to the article.

 

How many votes did McCain lose because he was tied to GW when he was nothing like GW he was a moderate.

 

He lost any chance at mine when he picked an unqualified knucklehead for his VP.

 

Now I'm just quoting the author, so it may not be a verifiable source, so...

 

FYP

 

How many white women have had sex with black men? Once you go...

 

So you pick one as President. Biden would have made a better President now he is just going along for the ride.

 

You would only have legitimate grounds for comparing Obama to Palin if he quits his office in order to make money as a paid iseologue.

 

In the last election if both palin and barry were running for the vp spot. Palin had far more experience then Barry, and that is the truth. Then you voted for Barry as president. Do something good for your country don't vote anymore.

 

It's peer-reviewed. Consult the literature review. Just because it doesn't fit your preconceived narrative does not mean it's false. Again, I have to say it's peer-reviewed. That means at least three other people have read it and come to the same conclusion.

 

I don't have any links with fancy stats, but I do know a few white people who claimed to have voted for Obama for the historical aspect of his being half-black. I also know a few black moderates and conservatives who voted for Obama, too. I would think his blackness helped him more than it hurt.
Even though it was pretty clear back then that electing Obama was a huge mistake, I can see how some people got swept up in the "Yes We Can!" and "Hope and Change" garbage. Plus, McCain wasn't much competition. I think McCain was one of those guys who was just happy to be in the championship game.

 

They told you they were voting for him because he's half Black?

They told you that? Really?

 

Actually, it's not "the truth." Far from it. In fact, your half-assed assertion that Palin "had more experience" is total bullshit.

He was a Senator longer than she served as Governor. They both held elected office at the State level (and Obama did so for longer than Palin). And you could have been elected mayor of Wasilla. It's not saying much.

 

"Links with fancy stats." Hoo boy. We know that our country's education system has indeed collapsed when 'statistics' become 'elitist.'