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Jolly's doing a pretty good job of saying almost exactly what's on my mind in response to this thread. I just have one thing to add...
You guys who are saying that Obama was elected just because he's black... that all of the blacks voted for him simply because he's of a similar race... let me ask you this -
When in history have black people traditionally voted anything aside from democratic? Obviously, not all black people vote the same, but take a look at the majority.. the MASS majority and tell me when we've ever seen a highly republican / non-democratic response? The answer is never.
That being said... maybe this next point is your issue. Maybe your upset that we had a higher voting turnout from the black community in this election because there was a black candidate. Is this a bad thing? More people went out there and voted for the person they wanted to represent them. Republican and otherwise conservative individuals should probably realize something... if all of the people who agreed with liberal ideas voted every time, I don't think we'd ever see a republican president again. Take all of the lower class (socioeconomically) individuals who do not vote right now (I'm sure you know that this number is huge) and have them vote. Do you honestly think they're going to go republican? I understand that what I'm doing right now is speculation, but I also believe that my speculation is justified. Just keep that thought in your head.
You guys who are saying that Obama was elected just because he's black... that all of the blacks voted for him simply because he's of a similar race... let me ask you this -
When in history have black people traditionally voted anything aside from democratic? Obviously, not all black people vote the same, but take a look at the majority.. the MASS majority and tell me when we've ever seen a highly republican / non-democratic response? The answer is never.
That being said... maybe this next point is your issue. Maybe your upset that we had a higher voting turnout from the black community in this election because there was a black candidate. Is this a bad thing? More people went out there and voted for the person they wanted to represent them. Republican and otherwise conservative individuals should probably realize something... if all of the people who agreed with liberal ideas voted every time, I don't think we'd ever see a republican president again. Take all of the lower class (socioeconomically) individuals who do not vote right now (I'm sure you know that this number is huge) and have them vote. Do you honestly think they're going to go republican? I understand that what I'm doing right now is speculation, but I also believe that my speculation is justified. Just keep that thought in your head.