Nathan Stine (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} stinerman) wrote,@ 2008-02-07 22:31:00 |
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Identity Politics, Indeed
Pundits love to talk about how cheap it is that black people vote for Obama because he's black, rather than because of some substantive agreement of the issues. I will direct them to the results of the Utah primary:
Romney: 90%
McCain: 5%
Paul: 4%
Huckabee: 1%
No one has berated the Mormons for voting for one of their own. But then again I forgot it's ok to vote for someone because of their religion, but not their skin color, gender, etc.
Pundits love to talk about how cheap it is that black people vote for Obama because he's black, rather than because of some substantive agreement of the issues. I will direct them to the results of the Utah primary:
Romney: 90%
McCain: 5%
Paul: 4%
Huckabee: 1%
No one has berated the Mormons for voting for one of their own. But then again I forgot it's ok to vote for someone because of their religion, but not their skin color, gender, etc.
