Garvey's Ghost: Black Talk

On the Subject of Exit Polls

Since some people insist on producing exit polls to prove that Kerry got robbed: Let's look at These from Counterpunch


African-Americans: 8% / 11%
Whites: 54% / 58%
Hispanic: 41% / 44%
Married: 53% / 56%
Not Married: 38% / 40%
Union Members: 37% / 40%
Gays: 25% / 23%
Gun Owners: 61% / 67%
Protestants: 63% / 59%
Jewish: 19% / 25%
Catholics: 45% / 52%
Republicans: 91% / 93%
Democrats: 10% / 11%
Men: 51% / 55%
Women: 43% / 48%
18-29 year olds: 46% / 45%
30-44 year olds: 49% / 53%
45-59 year olds: 49% / 51%
60+ 47% / 54%

Based on National Exit Polls.


AS predicted by yours truely, the numbers of intellectually challenged blacks who voted for Bush went up this time around. Unlike some other online publications who insist that the republicans will not make gains in the black community, I have said that the Republicans will only want to fracture off a portion of the black vote. Not only that, but they intend to do it slowly, so each and every point counts. In this election the percentage should have dropped but it did not.

Hispanics broke for Bush at 44%: As the largest growing "monority" group in America, they will replace blacks ( if they haven't already) as the most pandered to group by both dems and republicans. For some odd reason we blacks have been fed this line that hispanics are our natural allies. Yeah..sure..NO doubt there are many Hispanics that are down with us, but read the writing on the wall people.

Gays: the group that probably did the most to tank the Democrats in this election voted by 25% for republicans. They're less loyal than blacks but have more clout go figure.