Vote choice by demographic groups

Nothing all that surprising here, but this is a very interesting Gallup collection of demographic breakdowns of support for Obama vs. Romney.  Among other things, it really makes the point about how much Obama’s re-election will depend upon strong minority support.  And, of course, what a minority I (and many of you) are in being white male Obama supporters.  Than again, “post-graduate” is also a big Obama category.  Here’s some of ‘em:

Lastly, this one might surprise you:

Notice, that is white people by age.  So what’s up?  Gallup explains:

One of the reasons Obama does well among young voters overall is because young voters include a larger percentage of nonwhites than older age groups do.

 

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