I agree on the national level... I would tend to say they are much more common on a local, district, and state level.
I am not jumping to conclusions. I started out with a question that I was hoping someone had the answer to. I did some research this weekend, but could not find any definative answer. The best that I could find implies that the majority of his victory is credited to minorities, youth, and women. As far as white males go all I could find is that only 32% of that demographic voted for Pres Obama. This compared to 57% of that same group expressing discontent with the previous administration. Doesn't really indicate one way or the other.
It's because 40% of people will only vote "R" until the day they die (think Salty and Sabanfan), and the other 40% will only vote "D", period (my in-laws). This two party system is ridiculous. That being said, I think the election would have been even closer had McCain not picked Pailin. That pushed alot of undecideds over to Obama.
Tell me when a fiscal and moral conservative Democrat runs for President, and I'll pull that lever. Huckabee was my candidate.
Do you really think the country is deadlocked 40 vs 40 on party and only 20 being persuadable on issues? I think there are a lot more people in the middle, or maybe I am just hopeful. However, I do think the two party system offers us very limited selection, and allows too many people to be lumped together.
