CNN has the exit polls up on it's site. At first I was bummed that I didn't get asked anything. Then I saw the list of questions. Dear Jebus, that was longer than the ballot! Glad I didn't. However. It is interesting to see the results. Most notably, how low the black vote was. I dunno if that is a low vote, or a low exit poll of black voters. Either way, if your curious: [link]
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omnis_audis - Nov 05, 2008 8:58:21 pm PST #241 of 10000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
P.M. Marc - Nov 05, 2008 9:43:46 pm PST #242 of 10000
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African-Americans are only about 13-14% of the total US population.
Fay - Nov 05, 2008 9:46:34 pm PST #243 of 10000
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
did the "star" show up on time? :)
Ha! He was a little late, but not much. Fair play to him - he's doing a good job, and he did knuckle down after the point when I came online and bitched about it. (And, I swear, if he'd been apologising & acknowledging the fact that his lateness was having an impact on the poor slobs who were waiting around, I'd have been good with it - shit happens, and so does tardiness. It was the failure to acknowledge it that was so galling. Gah.)
billytea - Nov 05, 2008 10:00:20 pm PST #244 of 10000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
CNN has the exit polls up on it's site. At first I was bummed that I didn't get asked anything. Then I saw the list of questions. Dear Jebus, that was longer than the ballot! Glad I didn't. However. It is interesting to see the results. Most notably, how low the black vote was. I dunno if that is a low vote, or a low exit poll of black voters.
I've read articles that said black turnout was indeed up, but the black vote as a proportion of the overall vote was not (and nor was the youth vote) - everyone turned out in greater numbers. Which is fantastic, it indicates Obama has a broad base of support. It also means that he won North Carolina (I'm assuming it'll be called for him) with a drop in the African-American proportion of the vote.
omnis_audis - Nov 05, 2008 10:38:14 pm PST #245 of 10000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
African-Americans are only about 13-14% of the total US population.Huh. I thought it was more than that. Learn something new every day.
From the CIA World Factbook on USA population:
white 79.96%, black 12.85%, Asian 4.43%, Amerindian and Alaska native 0.97%, native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.18%, two or more races 1.61% (July 2007 estimate)
billytea - Nov 05, 2008 11:03:44 pm PST #246 of 10000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Huh. I thought it was more than that. Learn something new every day.
That was my impression too, growing up. Of course, I had no personal experience to go on. This was all from watching American TV - which tended to be set in cities.
Barb - Nov 06, 2008 2:52:28 am PST #247 of 10000
“Not dead yet!”
Nope, much to the dismay of people like Tom Tancredo, it's us Hispanics who are set to become a majority.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 06, 2008 3:25:30 am PST #248 of 10000
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Yeah, 79.6% includes the Hispanics, so it's deceptive when looking for trends. I am a little surprised the Asian population % is that low, however.
amych - Nov 06, 2008 3:44:02 am PST #249 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
It also means that he won North Carolina (I'm assuming it'll be called for him) with a drop in the African-American proportion of the vote.
Point 1: it will. I'm assuming that the press just isn't that interested in calling things until the board of elections certifies, but they counted about 40,000 provisional votes yesterday -- as that's the number of provisionals they expected to get, I'm guessing they stopped when they were done and didn't just knock off for a pizza and a beer.
Point 2: Black turnout was up by a whole lot in NC -- 23% in exit polls, compared to 21% of registered voters and 18% of the turnout in the last presidential election. It is a drop from the early vote period, of course, but since the majority of black voters (by registration) came out early, it couldn't but go down.
Ginger - Nov 06, 2008 4:02:23 am PST #250 of 10000
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Omnis, cinnamon sticks are more for things like spiced hot cider and other liquids such as sauces and fruit compote. I do make a cookie recipe that calls for both a tea made from cinnamon sticks and rolling them in sugar and cinnamon sticks blended or food processed together. Yum. Now that I'm thinking about them, maybe this would be a good Christmas to make Pan de Polvos.