(Community Matters) JT makes good points discussing yesterday’s NYT piece on the demographics of Tuesday voters and their votes
What jumps out most obviously is the sheer number of cells–27–won by Obama. And of McCain’s 13, five were never thought to be in play for Obama (church goers, evangelicals, white protestants, conservatives, Republicans). It would be tempting to conclude that the breadth of Obama’s suppport points to a significant political re-alignment. And it may.
. . . . this was a transformational election in a hundered ways, but not in terms of durable shifts among voters. The coalition Obama built relied most critically on people who thought he was the guy to get them out of a financial mess, and the Democrats are likely to keep these voters only if he proves up to the rather intimidating task.
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