Numbers to Think About

by: Karl-Thomas Musselman

Sat Nov 22, 2008 at 08:00 AM CST

Seventy-six percent of young Hispanic vote preferred Obama, as compared to 67 percent of the overall Hispanic vote. That marks a 14-point rise in young Hispanic support for the Democratic candidate since the previous election, and a 10-point improvement with the Hispanic population overall.

As should this statistic.

No matter how you voted today, do you think of yourself as:

Percent of voters of the electorate

33% Democrat
34   Republican
33   Independent

I wonder if Rob Jesmer will retract his statement in a October 7th strategy memo for John Cornyn where he blew off polling that suggested the Texas electorate was divided into thirds.

It is widely accepted R's have +8 advantage.

Guess not anymore.