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Originally Posted by honeychile
DaemonSeid, good for you, for learning more about the process! Keep it up, and you'll be every politician's nightmare! 
Earlier today, I heard a statistic, and unfortunately didn't get the exact number - but of those ardently supporting Clinton, a shocking amount of them said that they'd vote for McCain before Obama. It shook me up, because I really thought that we, as a country, had made great strides in the racial divide. Also, while those born and raised here say we have problems as a country, we have to remember how many people risk their lives to get here. Obviously, we are doing something right!
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I'm not convinced that statistic had anything to do with race because the way I heard it was that 21% of those supporting Clinton said they would vote for McCain over Obama and that 27% of those supporting Obama would vote for McCain over Clinton. The point of the news blip that I was hearing was that Clinton hoped these statistics would show she was more electable but in fact, they showed that Obama is more electable.
ETA: It was on the Today show that I heard it.
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