Reply #50: Interesting that the media (and some DUers, as well) who are so obsessed over the fact that

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in this cycle, black voters are voting overwhelmingly for Barack Obama, never mention or acknowledge that:

1) Until this year, white voters have voted 90-95% for white candidates and AGAINST black candidates (this is masked by the fact that there is usually more than one white candidate in the race, thus enabling white voters to spread out their votes between multiple candidates - nevertheless, their votes go overwhelmingly to white candidates);

2) Until this year, black voters have consistently voted for white candidates in large numbers, even when black candidates were in the race. Interestingly, those who try to argue that blacks vote in "blocs" conveniently point only to those rare instances in which black voters have voted in large numbers for black candidates, completely ignoring the more common occurrence of black voters voting for black candidates (which completely contradicts their point.)