This is in response to those who have emailed me with their assertions that the “citizens of America” voted for Barack Obama by a landslide. The real numbers hardly support this.
- Black Americans make up 31% of registered voters. Only 13% of those voted for Obama
- Out of 300 million Americans, only 1/3 voted in this year’s election
- Out of that 1/3, only 63 million Americans voted for Obama. That’s 63 million out of 300 million Americans. Hardly a landslide
- Stocks fell over 500 points the day after the election. That’s the steepest post-election drop in history
- Obama’s popular vote margin over McCain (52.4-46.5) is less than Bush’s margin over Dukakis (53.4-45.6), and Bill Clinton’s margin over Dole (49.25-40.71)
- Democrats failed to win a filibuster-proof 60-seat majority in the Senate. Meaning that while Americans voted to elect Obama, they didn’t want a majority Democratic Senate that would slide his bills through
