11-24-2008, 08:05 PM
Doc wrote:
> Blacks and Latinos overwhelmingly voted the gay marriage deal down.
That was an interesting lie that caught on in the popular press.
In fact, when you break it down by demographics, older voters pushed prop-8 through with little difference among different racial groups.
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/11/p...myths.html
Beg to differ, Doc
http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtrib...source=rss
SACRAMENTO — Some California Republicans are saying they have found a key to expanding their fast-shrinking base, and it lies in the most glaring aspect of the Proposition 8 election results: the minority vote that went overwhelmingly for it.
With seven in 10 blacks and 53 percent of Latinos voting in favor of the ballot measure to ban same-sex marriage, Republicans say they are confident that their common interests with minorities on traditional family and social issues can help forge new political alliances.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_...n_8_(2008)
The following list comprises a detailed, though not exhaustive, account of the demographics voting yes on Prop. 8 from the CNN exit poll:
84% of weekly churchgoers – (32% of electorate);
82% of Republicans – (29% of electorate);
81% of white evangelicals – (17% of electorate);
70% of African Americans – (10% of electorate);
65% of all Protestants - (43% of electorate);
65% of white Protestants – (29% of electorate);
64% of voters w/children in household – (40% of electorate);
64% of Catholics – (30% of electorate);
61% of age 65 and over – (15% of electorate);
60% of married people – (62% of electorate);
59% of suburban dwellers – (51% of electorate);
58% of non-college graduates – (50% of electorate);
53% of Latinos – (18% of electorate);
51% of white men – (31% of electorate). [14]
