AP: Race Counts Against Hussein In Pennsylvania
Remember, it’s racism when white people do it, it’s “identity politics” when black people do it.
The Associated Press reports that race appears to have worked against Obama in some parts of Pennsylvania. According to exit polls, the AP says:
“About one in five voters said the race of the candidates was among the top factors in their vote. About as many said that about the candidates’ gender. White voters who said race was a factor supported Clinton over Obama by 3-to-1, while whites who said race wasn’t a factor divided between Clinton and Obama more evenly. But race and gender played out as factors in very different ways, with Obama’s race apparently a negative for him among white voters, while Clinton’s gender was a positive factor for her among men and women who said it contributed to their votes. Those who said gender was a factor actually tended to favor Clinton, while those who said gender wasn’t a factor tended to favor Obama.”
AP also tackles the “bitter” question:
“Remember those rural Pennsylvanians who Obama called bitter? Well, rural Pennsylvanians, who are overwhelmingly white, favored Clinton over Obama by similar margins to suburban voters, while Obama won among urban Democrats. But while more rural Democrats thought Clinton was in touch them than Obama, the majority still felt Obama was on their wavelength.”
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