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Did Indianapolis throw the black flag over Clinton's candidacy?

posted 2008.05.10 Saturday

After hearing so much about Lake County on Tuesday night, I want to shine a light on Marion County and my hometown of Indianapolis.  Lake County was supposed to be Obama territory, as it is just minutes from Obama's home on the South Side of Chicago and one in four Lake County residents is black.  Lake delivered a 56%-44% split in Obama's favor.  Meanwhile, Marion County - also where about one in four residents is black, but placed a three-hour drive away from Chicago - gave Obama 67% of its votes.  That's a higher share of votes than Obama received in St. Louis County, higher than in Houston's Harris County, higher than in Philadelphia County, and...way higher than in San Francisco County (52%? seriously?).

If Marion County had split 56%-44% as did Lake County, Clinton would have won Indiana not by two points but by five points.  Anyone think the national conversation this week would have been the same at that margin?  So, yeah...big ups to Indy on this Pole Day morning.

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1. Jim left...
2008.05.11 Sunday 4:33 pm :: http://chaos.corrupt.net/notes

Whoa. Much respect to Marion County, then!