How many people voted for obama just because he was balck?

I was wondering because many people i know did. And dont be mean. I like obama and i voted for him.( I am white) But i was just wondering who would really admit it if they did.How many people voted for obama just because he was balck?Probably about 1% of the number wh threw their votes away on McCain because he's white.|||2. How many voted against him because he was Black?How many people voted for obama just because he was balck?I voted for him because you are black. Does that count?|||He's from the Balkans? I didn't know that.

Thanks for the info.How many people voted for obama just because he was balck?I don't vote based on skin color.|||i voted for him not only because he is black but for many other reasons. him being black and president is like us blacks have recieved the real freedom.|||balcks are people too|||3. How many hated him for being black?

4. How many confessed they were not going to vote just because he was black?

5. How many democrats turned republicans when obama beat hillary in june?

6. how many were sexist?

7. How many voted obama because mccain was white?

8. How many because mccain was old?|||black is only a color i didnt vote for him but i believe most people did cause they thought he was the best one for the job|||someone said "two" but this is incorrect--it was six.|||too many voted for color instead of issues because it was the "cool" thing to do, now we all must suffer the consequences of their ignorance..|||No way to tell. Just as you can't tell how many people voted AGAINST him based on race.|||I think a lot of people may have done that but I think the main reason he won so easily was because they spent a couple billion dollars to promote him. He had a lot of people on his staff that were hired to "paint his profile perfect", and they did just that.|||why do so many people say " my president is black!" when he is half black...even then the half black that he is is from Africa and not black american...black americans shouldn't get all that excited..|||As quoted by Samuel L. Jackson when asked this question



A chuckle and "Is there any that didn't"|||I didn't vote just because he was black but because he had better plans then John McCain would ever have. And plus he has the dumbest vice president ever who would want Sarah to be our vice president she might kill us because she is so dumb that she could of made one stupid choice that could cast our life. So no i didn't vote just for him because he was black but because he is a smart man, and knows what he is talking about.|||He's Balck???



wow...I didn't know that.



what's Balck mean?



I voted for the intelligent guy making sense.



That old white dude, talking about being in Iraq for 100 years......and the economy was FINE, and Trickle down economics REALLY works.......



yeah, that old coot was INSANE!



So, yeah.......I voted Balck.....whatever that is.|||I know that the 90%+ of African-Americans voted for him cause he's African-American.|||I voted for him because of who he is and I trust him, and I'm not black either. Skin color doesn't make a difference, it's what's inside that counts. I also voted for him because of all he went through as a child and how far he's gotten ever since. I have faith in him to turn this country around. I know he will do well with a lot of support.|||A lot, A lot off blacks voted for him because he would be the first "Half Black" president.|||whats balck?|||Balck? Is that a new political term?|||In my opinion there is a lot. This demography would want a black president

1. to show off to the world that the US is progressive enough and accepting of multiculturalism to vote a president who is not traditionally white.

2. showing off to the world that its non white population has top notch members.

3. because they are non white themselves.

4. to make it a point to be the first to prove "progressive forward thinking", and prove leadership to the rest of the world.



I am reading my own answer above and realized that I have used the words "show off" a few times. Freudian slip? A subconciously realized observation?

Geez, I hope not. I hope that pride is not the reason he got elected.

Why not? Is that pride misplaced you ask?|||Obama received about 5% more of the African American vote than is usual for a Democratic nominee. The desire to see a black man become president was quite likely a factor.



Still, I don't know anyone who said openly that they would vote for Obama solely because he was black. The only time I ever saw that sort of reasoning was in an editorial by a former Hillary supporter who claimed to endorse McCain solely to see a woman become vice president.



After Colin Powell endorsed Obama on Meet the Press last fall, many Republicans accused him of doing it because of race, but Powell gave a detailed explanation for his endorsement in which he said nothing about the subject of race until the interviewer brought it up, and then he categorically denied his endorsement was a race-based decision.



You can always speculate that someone's motives are different from their stated reasons, but the fact remains that most Obama supporters did not say they were voting solely, or even predominantly, because of race. Many of them were excited about the prospect of a black president, but then so were many people who did not support Obama. Getting excited about seeing a historical barrier broken doesn't mean it's the entire basis for how you voted.|||A lot.|||I don't care much for balcks, but some of my best friends are black|||Same amount of people who support Condi Rice just because she is black