Barack Obama's victory was due in large part to "a substantial electoral shift toward the Democratic Party and by winning a number of key groups in the middle of the electorate," according to a Pew Research Center of the exit polls.
Pew noted that as recently as 2004, voters were evenly divided among Republicans and Democrats but that, now, 39 percent identify themselves as Democrats compared to 32 percent for the Republicans. That margin was larger than in either of the last two Democratic presidential victories when Bill Clinton ran in 1992 and 1996.
The biggest of the gains for the Democratic ticket among demographic groups since 2004 were among Hispanics (13 points), voters under 29 (12 points), urban voters (9 points), voters making over $100,000 a year (8 points) and blacks (7 points).
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I assume the following is a typo - Pew noted that as recently as 2004, voters were evenly divided among Republicans and Democrats but that, now, 32 percent identify themselves as Democrats compared to 32 percent for the Republicans.
Posted by: Jerry Skurnik
| November 6, 2008 8:54 AM
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