Prop 8 - It's not the black man's fault
San Jose Mercury News, and others I suspect, have posted exit poll data that indicate California Prop 8 passed because of the black vote. This blog is here as an attempt to dispel that notion.
This is a copy of a response I posted on the boards:
And I for one don't believe the statistic that blames blacks. I think their polling data is from a few specific areas.
http://vote.sos.ca.gov/Returns/props/map190000000008.html
Shasta County - 69.9% yes
Black persons - 1% (2006)
Tehama County - 72.7% yes
Black persons - 0.8% (2006)
Modoc County - 74.3% yes
Black persons - 0.8% (2006)
Were these heavily white areas that went heavily for prop 8 counted in the exit polls that are being used to blame the black man?
Contra Costa County - 55% no
Black persons - 9.5%
Alameda County - 61.9% no
Black persons - 13.7%
In case you are not aware - those two counties include Richmond, CA and Oakland, CA which have some of the bigger black communities in the state.
Those counties went against Prop 8 significantly.
Use your brain, stop blaming the black man.
It wasn't his fault.
Statistics are easy to abuse and apply in ways they should not be applied.
San Jose Mercury News, and others I suspect, have posted exit poll data that indicate California Prop 8 passed because of the black vote. This blog is here as an attempt to dispel that notion.
This is a copy of a response I posted on the boards:
And I for one don't believe the statistic that blames blacks. I think their polling data is from a few specific areas.
http://vote.sos.ca.gov/Returns/props/map190000000008.html
Shasta County - 69.9% yes
Black persons - 1% (2006)
Tehama County - 72.7% yes
Black persons - 0.8% (2006)
Modoc County - 74.3% yes
Black persons - 0.8% (2006)
Were these heavily white areas that went heavily for prop 8 counted in the exit polls that are being used to blame the black man?
Contra Costa County - 55% no
Black persons - 9.5%
Alameda County - 61.9% no
Black persons - 13.7%
In case you are not aware - those two counties include Richmond, CA and Oakland, CA which have some of the bigger black communities in the state.
Those counties went against Prop 8 significantly.
Use your brain, stop blaming the black man.
It wasn't his fault.
Statistics are easy to abuse and apply in ways they should not be applied.
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