Some have expressed to me disbelief that Obama can truly win, because they fear the country is still too racist. Polls say he can, but they fear the polls are inaccurate because people are lying to pollsters - saying one thing, voting another. Facts don't bear this out. Food for thought:
- Obama won handily in Iowa which is 97% white.
- He tied Hillary in South Carolina in the white male vote (though she did beat him in the white female vote).
- This great Op-Ed by author Michael Chabon about Obama, racism and fear.
Don't let fear of racism make your vote perpetuate it.
(not to mention you're playing into what the Clinton's were trying to orchestrate after South Carolina labelling him as the "black" candidate even after he'd won lily white Iowa!)
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