Exit polls: Blacks consist of 20% of the electorate in Ohio

[NJSecularist]

That according to Foxnews. It is up 6% from 2004.

And 90% of them are voting for Obama.

If these numbers hold, he needs to come within 10-15% of the white vote to win the state.

The best news for Obama yet.

[4_Legs_Good]

1. Nice!

Keep the good news coming!!!

David

[NJSecularist]

2. Yes it is.

It's certainly the reason why Obama is coming close in the exit polls.

[janetblond]

3. Wait a minute!

Do you mean out of ALL the blacks in Ohio, ONLY 20% showed up to vote?

[NJSecularist]

4. 20% of the total electorate that is voting today.

[thewiseguy]

5. No 20% of the actual voters.

That gives Obama a 18% boost in the total votes.

[Zynx]

7. Then he needs about 40% of the white vote. Let's see what happens

[NJSecularist]

9. Yes, it looks very good for him if these exit polls hold

[thewiseguy]

11. SUSA predicted 16% for black turnout

But the more important news is that they appear to have grossly underestimated the number of independents voting in this election. That number in the exit polls is close to 24% while they sampled only 12%.

This race will be alot closer than what SUSA was predicting. Maybe Zogby was right.

[janetblond]

6. oh! Faux news reported that?

ok ...
then I know it's a LIE.

[LostInAnomie]

8. Anything to get Huck-ary out of the race.

I would LOVE for her to lose her firewall.

[JVS]

25. Reminds me of this sketch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT-JIJTSpF0&feature=related

[Drunken Irishman]

10. If that's the case, if he wins over 40% of the white vote, he wins Ohio.

Any idea on how whites voted?

[writes3000]

12. And the polls in the Cleveland area are staying open for an extra 90 minutes.

C'mon, Obama voters! Bring it home!

[City Lights]

13. I thought MSNBC was showing that the polls close in OH at 7:30.

I hope they don't make any projections while the polls are open.

[writes3000]

17. CNN said that the Cleveland area polls are open until 9pm

I hope people in that area HEAR the news.

[BringBigDogBack]

14. Best news I've heard so far.

:thumbsup:

[Drunken Irishman]

15. Looks like Obama lost Ohio.

Exit poll data shows Clinton up 23% in the white vote.

[NJSecularist]

18. Link?

[Drunken Irishman]

19. Here.

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/epolls/#OHDEM

But they have Obama winning every region except Northeastern Ohio.

[thewiseguy]

20. Polls are still open in Cleveland and the race is too close

[democrattotheend]

21. Why are they still open in Cleveland?

Did they extend the hours because of the weather?

[meow mix]

22. clevland is gonna be holding this up big time

[NJSecularist]

24. Absentee ballots will take a while to count in Cuyahoga

According to CNN.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

16. AA voters up in OH but down in TX, so both may trend toward close, close races

[mckeown1128]

23. 51% Clinton 48% Obama

per the exit polling.

[NoBorders]

26. 52% say Clinton attacking unfairly; 33% say Obama attacking unfairly