[lit-ideas] Re: election results
- From: "Mike Geary" <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 09:47:01 -0500
RP:
Hillary Clinton defeated Barack Obama 365 to 351, in Harney County,
Oregon, in today's primary, 100% of the precincts reporting.
I was alarmed when I first read this, worried that it might presage a
desertion of white voters and signal a Hillary comeback. So I checked out
the statistics. Harney County has 6,888 people living there. Of that
population .2% are African Americans, a grand total of 14 people. Assuming
that the black population of Harney County is representative of the rest of
the Oregon population in age demographics, then 76.6 percent of those
African Americans would be old enough to vote. Assuming as well that all of
the voting age African Americans went to the polls and that all voted for
Obama, then of the 351 votes cast for Obama, 11 were from African
Americans -- a whopping .03%. That means that of the Obama vote 99.97% were
cast by non African Americans. So, Harney County is no Kentucky or West
Virginia. I feel better knowing that.
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/41/41025.html
Mike Geary
Memphis
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Paul" <rpaul@xxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 11:24 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] election results
Lots of sagebrush in Harney County.
Robert Paul,
watching, mostly
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