Can Obama win the white vote? Does it matter?
After yesterday’s primary, there has been a lot of speculation that Obama, if nominated, would have trouble winning over a majority of white voters. Would it matter even if he couldn’t? Could he still win the election? No, to the first; yes, to the second.
Of course, winning a majority of white votes would be advantageous because it would, most likely, ensure Obama as our next president, but it’s not essential, because it’s nothing new:
… the historic challenge that any Democrat faces in winning whites in a general presidential election — where no Democrat has won a majority of the white vote since Lyndon Johnson did in 1964.
We’ve had Democrats as president since 1964. It’ll just be the same old fight every Democrat has had to fight since the 60s. The only reason it’s an issue is because of Obama’s race, but in reality, he’s not up against anything all that new.
Obama will get 100% the black vote, and most the dem’s. If Obama was white, he would not even be considered for president. His sole strong point is he gets the usually non existant black vote. Its sad this guy may actualy end up president.
Alquanie Smith
May 2, 2008 at 7:22 pm