Reply #19: Hammond isn't as white as some claim ...

[BearSquirrel2]

Here is some data from the Indiana department of education. This is a "majority minority" community.

School.........%White....%Black....%Hispanic...%Other
Hammond High......10%.......55%.......32%.........2%
Hammond Morton HS 41%.......22%.......32%.........4%
Hammond Gavit HS..36%.......31%.......21%.........7%
Gary West HS...... 0%.......99%........1%.........0%
Lew Wallace HS ....0%.......97%........2%.........1%
Gary Roos. HS......0%.......99.9%......0%.........0%


Since black folk are breaking for Obama 90-10, and Gary is almost completely African American, I would expect better results out of Gary. But as you can see, Hammond is NOT a "white town". The northern rim of the lake is ringed by the old industrial towns. These are the ones south of the mills The "burbs" are either to the south, to the east or the few patches of lakefront not occupied by either steel mills or parks.


http://mustang.doe.state.in.us/SEARCH/snapshot.cfm?schl=4415
http://mustang.doe.state.in.us/SEARCH/snapshot.cfm?schl=4413 etc...

So yeah, the results ARE suspicious and I will point out that only Clay was supporting Obama. The entire Lake County political machine (and it's Porter County coat tails) were backing Hillary. The Hillary camp is borrowing a Rovian strategy, hit em where they're strongest.