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Up2Late

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54. Well done!

Tue Nov 13, 2012, 07:34 PM

Nov 2012

And Welcome to DU and being a contributor after less than 20 posts too!

Me, I'm the middle son of some very progressive parents. My Mom, an Irish-Catholic and my Dad, a French born Holocaust refugee who, back in the mid-1960s, were both card carrying members of the of the NAACP and the Urban League.

For those reading this who don't fully remember the history of discrimination in this country, before the election of President John F. Kennedy in 1960, the idea of an Irish Catholic President was just crazy. Also, the Holocaust and it's effect on it's survivors was something that nobody, not even Jews, talked about until about the late-1970s when the Mini-series "Holocaust" finally broke the silence.

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GREAT CHART: The white establishment, undone by hordes of various-colored people who demand stuff. [View all] kpete Nov 2012 OP

"That's why they're the losers" bhikkhu Nov 2012 #1

it just occurred to me barbtries Nov 2012 #4

Very good point! intheflow Nov 2012 #30

Great! Does anyone know where a comparable gender chart might be found? left coaster Nov 2012 #2

Note that over half of Obama voters are white... Scuba Nov 2012 #3

It always was. We need to continue to work through 2014. freshwest Nov 2012 #5

On the Key & Peele (Comedy Central) Luther, President Obama's anger translator said... Up2Late Nov 2012 #15

That was one funny sketch. hifiguy Nov 2012 #21

Your post reminded me of a story from sometime ago that still makes me smile maui902 Nov 2012 #53

Well done! Up2Late Nov 2012 #54

No one said "it's just minorities" that got President Obama re-elected. Major Hogwash Nov 2012 #29

Actually, a bunch of people are saying just that. Scuba Nov 2012 #31

And have been saying it since 2008 nxylas Nov 2012 #35

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Without a doubt, I prefer the company I'm in on the lower bar. TahitiNut Nov 2012 #6

Much better music at that bar, too! mikeytherat Nov 2012 #10

And food :) slutticus Nov 2012 #23

And interestingly, the chart sort of mimics what America has become and will continue to be maui902 Nov 2012 #11

+1 nt ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #50

Obama's strip is an American Genome trailmonkee Nov 2012 #7

This graph demonstrates sally5050 Nov 2012 #8

President John2 Nov 2012 #22

Back in 04 JNelson6563 Nov 2012 #9

WOW!!!! What the hell was wrong with Rmoney's remaining 12%? Come to think of it, valerief Nov 2012 #12

Cool. Now I'm part of the 99% AND the 56% VWolf Nov 2012 #13

Great graphic. Would really like to see one like that with third bar for USA demographics. nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2012 #14

STUFF NOT BOMBS!!! STUFF NOT DRONES!!! librechik Nov 2012 #16

Now account for gender. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2012 #17

CNN charts, includes gender breakout, but jtuck004 Nov 2012 #18

Thank you for that link. yardwork Nov 2012 #24

it would be helpful if they had been more detailed in the breakouts - in 2008, IIRC, spooky3 Nov 2012 #46

I haven't the slightest interest in anything bo'reilly says, but I do know that an income jtuck004 Nov 2012 #52

Republicans are stunned that people voted for THEIR OWN interests and TwilightGardener Nov 2012 #19

Good one, TwilightGardener. luv_mykatz Nov 2012 #25

That is gonna cause a lot of dyspepsia hifiguy Nov 2012 #20

'Us vs. them' took a big hit with the election ck4829 Nov 2012 #26

Obviously it didn't since there whistler162 Nov 2012 #27

Very true given that the "blame our problems on 'them' - minorities, women, foreigners, gays, etc.' pampango Nov 2012 #34

But, it was the hurricane's fault. It killed the Mittmentum! Major Hogwash Nov 2012 #28

I would say President Obama represents America. aandegoons Nov 2012 #33

Exactly. n/t ProSense Nov 2012 #36

I don't trust those Others. They're fence-sitters. They killed Locke. Bucky Nov 2012 #37

Karl Rove finds these numbers very suspicious. Bucky Nov 2012 #38

that voter supression stuff turned off people of color to the Repubs for DECADES probably Liberal_in_LA Nov 2012 #39

The only demographic the GOP works to attract are white men. And they only got 75% of them. baldguy Nov 2012 #40

actually, per the CNN exit poll results, they got only about 2/3 of them. spooky3 Nov 2012 #48

More that the GOP's race-based party positions are what doomed him in addition to all his jp11 Nov 2012 #41

RUN!!! THE NON-WHITES ARE COMING!!!!! CabCurious Nov 2012 #42

So.... JackInGreen Nov 2012 #43

I just got a new truck, I told my right wing neighbor I got it free for voting for Obama. OverBurn Nov 2012 #44

The GOP's Southen Strategy is to blame. McCamy Taylor Nov 2012 #45

I would really like to see the demographics broken down by region of the country. spooky3 Nov 2012 #47

Dang, Obama didn't do any better with the "others." Each got 2 %. morningfog Nov 2012 #49

The comments below the article are depressingly full of racist shit. Odin2005 Nov 2012 #51