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**Optosypoeds** · 07-18-2011, 09:40 PM

What's funny is blacks do NOT vote race anywhere near as much as whites do. Examples? I've got plenty.

Ed Rendell's percentage of the black vote against Lynn Swann (a black republican candidate)? 87%
Bill Clinton percentage of the black vote in 1996? 92%
Obama's percentage of the black vote in 08? 95%
Blacks vote the party, not race.

Yet white voters tend to vote for white candidates even if they are not the same party. Witness white support for Sam Katz against John Street in 2000.

Look at the results in the 2011 primary 2nd Council district race. Cappozzi won the 90% white 26th Ward by about 88%. Yet in the 90% black 40th Ward and the 85% black 36th Ward Cappozzi got significant chunks of the vote there (31% and 23% respectively).

Anne Verna also took huge chunks of the black vote against Damon Roberts in the 2007 primary, winning the overwhelmingly AA district by 17000+ to 5000.

OK, if that's the case, why is the black approval rating for Obama still at 85%. Even as the black unemployment rate is over 16% and fewer than half of democrats strongly approve of the president?

07-18-2011, 09:40 PM	#21
Optosypoeds Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 470 Senior Member	What's funny is blacks do NOT vote race anywhere near as much as whites do. Examples? I've got plenty. Ed Rendell's percentage of the black vote against Lynn Swann (a black republican candidate)? 87% Bill Clinton percentage of the black vote in 1996? 92% Obama's percentage of the black vote in 08? 95% Blacks vote the party, not race. Yet white voters tend to vote for white candidates even if they are not the same party. Witness white support for Sam Katz against John Street in 2000. Look at the results in the 2011 primary 2nd Council district race. Cappozzi won the 90% white 26th Ward by about 88%. Yet in the 90% black 40th Ward and the 85% black 36th Ward Cappozzi got significant chunks of the vote there (31% and 23% respectively). Anne Verna also took huge chunks of the black vote against Damon Roberts in the 2007 primary, winning the overwhelmingly AA district by 17000+ to 5000. OK, if that's the case, why is the black approval rating for Obama still at 85%. Even as the black unemployment rate is over 16% and fewer than half of democrats strongly approve of the president?
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