LogFAQs > #911862056

jramirez23 posted...

To me, this is a very interesting question. I have thought about something similar regarding why White voters were more split on Obama than minority voters.

Well, minorities tend to stick more closely to one party (iirc, something like 93% of blacks voted Democrat in 2016 -- NPR's commentary on black voters has always been along the lines of, "It's not a matter of whether they'll vote Democrat or Republican, just whether they'll turn out to vote") whereas whites are split between both. And for many voters, Obama's race was more important than his qualifications -- which helped him beat the far more qualified Joe Biden and John McCain. Of course, he also benefited from being a younger, hipper candidate, which led to all the of the JFK comparisons.

mooreandrew58 posted...

During the last election I talked to someone who's only reason for voting for Hillary was because she was female and it was damn time we had a female president. I even probed to see if they'd at least agree with any stances she had on any issues. Nope just that she was a woman.

It seemed like a *lot* of people were going that route. Hillary's gender was brought up far more than any of her somewhat nebulous policies.
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