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Originally Posted by dc_dux
There are some who will vote for the candidate with whom they are most comfortable....be it race, religion, age....
But what was more ignorant in timalkin's observation about Black voters for Obama was to characterize it as "racist" suggesting no understanding of the term.
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I agree about comfort, but I still think they are two different levels. I don't think there is a problem with voting for someone because they have the same values as you do, but I do when the reason turns to basic race.
I'm not going to go through the whole, "I'm white, but I'm not racist because I have black friends, etc." (I don't have black friends, but I also don't have any friends
), but I do think timalkin has a point. If the main reason a black person voted for or against a candidate, white or black or any other racial or ethnic background, is because of skin color, that is very questionable in my opinion. Same as if I voted for or against McCain or Obama because of their race.
In this election, because of the specifically historic nature of Obama's victory when it comes to race, I'm not overly upset. However, if it becomes a trend that a candidate gets the overwhelming majority of votes from others of their race because of their race, that would be, and should be to all, very disconcerting to the way our country is heading.
Honestly, I think the bigger issue is having almost the entire black population in most elections voting Democrat, but that is something completely different.