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Originally Posted by King Glorious
For the most part, I believe this to be true. But to not acknowledge that were were a LOT of black people out there that voted on him strictly because he is a black man, and conversely, a lot of white people that wouldn't vote for him for that same reason, is turning a blind eye to the total truth.
I believe that there are many people out there, that if every word that McCain spoke would have come from Obama and every word that Obama spoke would have come from McCain, they still would have chosen the candidate that they did because it wasn't as much about what was said but who was saying them. I hope that I'm more wrong on this than I am right but I don't think I am.
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I agree on that and his being black certainly inspired more black people to go and vote that might have just stayed home otherwise. I doubt there were too many that would have voted Republican had the Democrat candidate been white though. I guess it would be interesting to see what would happen if a black man or woman ran on the Republican ticket.
And yeah, definitely true on people voting against him on the color of his skin. Hillary would have won West Virginia by 10 points and been competitive in Kentucky, Arkansas, and Tennessee. But she might not have inspired as many blacks to come out and vote in Virginia and North Carolina.