Political History Lesson:Exaggerated Margins of Support for Black Candidates in a Biracial Election

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The only problem with this history is that in only one case did the candidate predicted to win actually lose. Yes, the margins were closer in most cases, but the outcome was the same.

Also, this chart does not indicate what the respective margins of error were, so we have no idea if the differences between the polls and the actual votes mean anything.

The Obama campaign cares nothing for the truth (or else Obama would be telling his audiences, “Don’t vote for me. I don’t know why I got into this race; I’m really not fit to be President”). If we’re going to see this election won on principle, let’s us stick to the truth.

(Yes, I know that seems pretty naive of me, but time will tell whether I’m right. Go for the long-term goal, not a mere near-term apparent victory.)

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