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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Isn't it a shame that we even have to speculate on the impact of voter suppression based on skin colour?
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I mean...I know you posted an article outlining some methods taken since the last election to toughen up ID standards at the voting booth, but that seems pretty implicit to link it back to overwhelmingly effecting blacks. Was it that they wanted people to have two sets of ID and that would alienate some lower class people (blacks) from voting? I could see it, but when you have blacks energized to vote because of Obama the last two elections, to the degree that they had the second highest turnout rate only to college educated whites in 2012, you can't be surprised when those numbers dip after that energizing factor is gone.
On 538's site they have an infographic from the 2012 election where you can fiddle with turnout and support numbers from a bunch of different demo's. Moving the black support numbers to more average values swings the result to the republicans, which is what we just saw happen last night.