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yes. What is interesting too is that in Missouri, Akin was polling below McCaskill, but he lost in a bigger landslide than was anticipated. A polling specialist seemed to think that some women on the phone said they were voting for Akin and changed their minds at the polls.

“One of the least commented-upon aspects of the election returns is that well over fifty per cent of Caucasian females voted for Romney, too. Not as many of them as white men, of course, but a solid majority. Indeed, as a proportion of the total, more white women voted for Romney on Tuesday than voted for George W. Bush, in 2004, or for John McCain, in 2008.”

AHA! Figured out the magic words to use with UPS customer service: "Is there someone else I can speak to who might have that information?" That got me a supervisor who is telling me he has the local office on the other line. I still have no coffee table, but I somehow feel closer. He's "going to see" if they can deliver it tomorrow. Of course, I had shit to do tomorrow! But whatever. I'm starting to think God doesn't want me to have a new coffee table. (The last one I bought didn't fit in my mother's car and I had to return it on the spot.)

Oh, I can come pick it up at your center tomorrow? No I can't, you fuckers! Someone's supposed to call me back.

Also, white women are obviously the worst.

Not verified with statistical evidence, but just observation. The Hispanic vote in S Florida has a wide South as well as Latin American origin. There has been a shift from conservative Republican to Progressive Democrat. A lot of it is generational. Catholic pro-life anti-communism very conservative in both social and economic issues ruled when I first moved here 30 some years ago. Now the Hispanic population is as mixed on social and economic issues as the rest of our population. The Immigration policy is yet another matter. Not even policy so much as perceived bigotry. Do I vote for them that wish my parents never came here or those that embrace diversification.

My polls are not based on a huge sampling, but my routine encounters with fellow Floridians has shown a dramatic shift in political affiliation. They also had to endure a change from Republican governors like Jeb and Charlie with sensible views on Immagration to our current sorry excuse for a governor who may have personally driven a number of citizens away from the Republican Party.

I don't know if this is the case in other states.

Also, white women are obviously the worst.

C’mon, it’s not like they’re white men.

Indeed, as a proportion of the total, more white women voted for Romney on Tuesday than voted for George W. Bush, in 2004, or for John McCain, in 2008.

That makes me really sad.

Oh, the kinds of trouble he will get when he has an amazon acct.

Yeah, that has occurred to me.

Poor noodle got so wound up about having to call me that he ended up in the nurse's office feeling queasy and in need of a lie down.

Here's a NY Times article that talks about the Latino vote and why it was up this year [link]

One of the interesting things it mentions is

In many states, Latinos did not wait for either the Democratic or the Republican campaigns to come to them. Instead they mounted coordinated voter registration and education efforts, giving them a degree of independence as a voting bloc and creating popular networks that they said they planned to mobilize again to bring pressure on the White House and Congress.