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Ted Talks: How Does Race Affect Votes?

Nate Silver has answers to controversial questions about race in politics Did Obama's race hurt his votes in some places? Stats and myths collide

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whammy : LVL 22: VP 3.1: said:

whammy

5 votes NegativePositive

196 days 18 hours ago...

Why didn`t he show if Race was a deciding factor in voting FOR Obama?

noneother : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

noneother

1 votes NegativePositive

196 days 18 hours ago...

because you`re only racist if you`re white

Tada : LVL 43: VP 5: said:

Tada

1 votes NegativePositive

196 days 15 hours ago...

I looked into the national exits polls to look how much Obama benefited from his race, turns out not that much. Just to go page six.

http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/polls/#USP00p1

Of course people tend to lie when it comes to their racism, even in anonymous polls.

gr0g : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

gr0g

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167 days 20 hours ago...

^^^^whammy

"Was RACE a factor in your vote" applies for both voting for Obama or McCain

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