Thursday, November 6, 2008

Why did Obama win? (some numbers)

66% of voters between 18-29 voted for the Democrat
96% of blacks (!) voted for Obama
67% of Latinos voted for Obama (up by around 10%). An explanation for this can be found here.
52% of people earning more than 200,000 dollars who opted for Obama (these are the people who will carry the burden of Obama's tax increases)
58% of people holding a postgraduate degree voted for Obama
52% of Independents voted chose the Democrat
26% of voters were contacted by the Obama campaign
84% of Clinton Democrats finally went for Obama
17% of Bush 2004 voters went for Obama, 9% of Kerry voters went for McCain
51% of Americans think that government should be doing more (76% of them voted for Obama)
57% believe that Obama is in touch with people like them (the same number for McCain was 39%)

Some more here.

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