rMoney won 89% of the white vote?

[pscot]

Michael Gershon just said that on Andrea Mitchell's program. That number seems implausible, but if it's accurate, us white folks are seriously fucked up, not to mention stupid. Does anyone know if that's accurate?

[Greybnk48]

1. I don't believe that either.

I watch your thread to see what pops up.

[justiceischeap]

2. CNN Exit polls

http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/results/race/president#exit-polls

59% of the white vote, not 89%

[auburngrad82]

3. I thought he only needed to win 60% of the white vote to win

Did he misunderestimate, to steal a word from Dubya?

[NotThisTime]

4. I'm fairly certain MSNBC has said Obama got 38 or 42% of the white vote

[unblock]

5. that can't possibly be right.

i mean, that's around 45% of the vote right there.

[cthulu2016]

6. Prhaps 89% of the Romney vote was white. (Not the same thing)

[Tanuki]

12. That sounds much more plausible. n/t

[d_b]

7. i think he got 64%

[Jennicut]

8. 59%.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/11/07/fox-news-exit-poll-summary/

Only 51% of the white vote in Iowa!

[Kalidurga]

9. Even 59% is seriously F'd up

I assume most of that percentage comes from the Red States, but still.

[leveymg]

10. He got 59%. Gershon misspoke.

News for Romney percent of white vote

ABC News

Election results 2012: Who won it for Obama?
Christian Science Monitor ?- 1 hour ago
Mitt Romney, meanwhile, won about 59 percent of the white vote. That's the best a GOP nominee has done among whites since 1988, and not ...

[rightsideout]

11. Not this white vote

[LittlestStar]

13. Not even mathematically possible. Example CO is 70% white, 89% of 70 is 62.

Romney would have had 62% of the vote just counting whites alone.

[im1013]

14. He did't win MY white vote!

[truebluegreen]

15. Not correct: 61% white men, 55% white women nt

[smirkymonkey]

16. I am about as lily white as you can get and I voted for Obama and

so did all my lily white friends.