Majority of Alabama voters are racist

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A majority of Alabama voters voted against removing a racist Jim Crow law from the books.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16443-2004Nov27.html?sub=AR

Screw Alabama. Why should Kerry states have to subsidize racist welfare states? They get back $1.69 cents on the dollar from the feds.

http://www.taxfoundation.org/taxingspending.html

[A18]

JFRAUD

It was a terribly worded initiative. Voting against it doesn't make you a racist.

BUSH VOTERS in Kerry states subsidize Alabama. Not KERRY VOTERS in Kerry states.

[Alcon]

JFRAUD

It was a terribly worded initiative. Voting against it doesn't make you a racist.

BUSH VOTERS in Kerry states subsidize Alabama. Not KERRY VOTERS in Kerry states.

Not always. In Washington State, the more educated, more wealthy voters are more likely to be Democrats. Even Medina, where Bill Gates lives, went Bush by only 5 points. Other areas, such as the ultra-wealthy Mercer Island, are solidly Democratic.

Don't make assumptions.

[A18]

I'm correcting a generalization. This isn't my topic; it's jFOOL's piece of trash.

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JFRAUD

It was a terribly worded initiative. Voting against it doesn't make you a racist.

BUSH VOTERS in Kerry states subsidize Alabama. Not KERRY VOTERS in Kerry states.

SF, Marin county, Hollywood, Manhatten.
Enough said.

[A18]

Go read the other topic.

Anything you say is always enough as far as I'm concerned, but that doesn't change the fact that the wealthy tend to be Republicans, and the poor tend to be Democrats.

[DaleC76]

 Amendment 2 was horribly, horribly worded:

“Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to repeal portions of Section 256 and Amendment 111 relating to separation of schools by race and repeal portions of Amendment 111 concerning constitutional construction against the right to education, and to repeal Section 259, Amendment 90, and Amendment 109 relating to the poll tax.”


I haven't seen any numbers, but I bet even many minorities mistakenly voted against this amendment because of the confusing language.

Imagine if you haven't been following this and the first time you see it is in the voting booth.  You have to read this, along with 7 other confusing amendments while a large line of people is waiting behind you.  It's not surprising that about 30% of Alabama voters did not vote on the amendment at all.

I did some research on the 8 Alabama counties that have a Black population of over 60%.  Of these, 5 of them have Black populations of over 70 %.

Amendment 2 was defeated in one of them (Hale County is 60% Black and voted down the measure 55-45%).  Dallas County, which is 63% Black barely voted for the amendment 51-49%.  Wilcox County, which is 73% Black, only favored the measure 55-45%.

An amazing 60% of the voters in Bullock County (73% Black) did not vote at all on the amendment.  The same can be said for around 46% of Marengo County and about 40% of Dallas County.

African American turnout in Alabama matched its percentage of the population.

I can't help but believe the defeat of the amendment was due to people of both races not understanding the wording on the ballot.  A 15 to 20 point swing of African American voters being in favor of keeping racist language in the constitution is just too much for me to think that it was done intentionally.

Alabama needs a new constituiton.  The current one has 287 sections and about 750 amendments.  There were 8 constitutional amendments on the ballot this year.

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Go read the other topic.

Anything you say is always enough as far as I'm concerned, but that doesn't change the fact that the wealthy tend to be Republicans, and the poor tend to be Democrats.

The biggest donor areas tend to be Democratic.
Anyways, why the hell do the Kerry states have to subsidize the racists in Alabama?

[KEmperor]

Did you read Dale's post at all?  I think he explains it quite clearly.

[A18]

Go read the other topic.

Anything you say is always enough as far as I'm concerned, but that doesn't change the fact that the wealthy tend to be Republicans, and the poor tend to be Democrats.

The biggest donor areas tend to be Democratic.

I said READ THE OTHER TOPIC:

There are certainly plenty of rich Kerry voters, and plenty of poor Bush voters.

Wealthy people tend to vote Republican more than poor people. Poor people tend to vote Democrat more than wealthy people. That's a well documented truth accepted by both parties.

As patrick1 said, if you're George Soros, the tax rate doesn't affect you.

But the point is, just because a Kerry county is rich does not mean that the Kerry voters in that county are the ones with the wealth.

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Are you actually denying that wealthy people tend to vote more GOP than poor people? Alcon sure doesn't share that insane notion.

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Go read the other topic.

Anything you say is always enough as far as I'm concerned, but that doesn't change the fact that the wealthy tend to be Republicans, and the poor tend to be Democrats.

The biggest donor areas tend to be Democratic.

I said READ THE OTHER TOPIC:

There are certainly plenty of rich Kerry voters, and plenty of poor Bush voters.

Wealthy people tend to vote Republican more than poor people. Poor people tend to vote Democrat more than wealthy people. That's a well documented truth accepted by both parties.

As patrick1 said, if you're George Soros, the tax rate doesn't affect you.

But the point is, just because a Kerry county is rich does not mean that the Kerry voters in that county are the ones with the wealth.

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Are you actually denying that wealthy people tend to vote more GOP than poor people? Alcon sure doesn't share that insane notion.

Two of the richest counties in the US, Manhattan and San Francisco went over 80% Democratic. #3 ranked Marin county wasn't far behind.

[A18]

READ! Do you know how to do that?

There are certainly plenty of rich Kerry voters, and plenty of poor Bush voters.

Wealthy people tend to vote Republican more than poor people. Poor people tend to vote Democrat more than wealthy people. That's a well documented truth accepted by both parties.

As patrick1 said, if you're George Soros, the tax rate doesn't affect you.

But the point is, just because a Kerry county is rich does not mean that the Kerry voters in that county are the ones with the wealth.

[J. J.]

JFRAUD seems to have a comprehension problem.

Let's see, in counties where most of the voters are African American, large numbers of African American voters either didn't vote for the amendments, either yes or no, or they voted against them.  Are they racists; do they hate Black people?  Do they favor segregation (I'm actually sure a few do)?  Is this what you are suggesting jFRAUD.

This sort of sounds like Jefferson Davis's reasoning; oh yes, he was a Democrat, just like jFRAUD.

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No need to bring the fine former senator from Mississippi into this JJ.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Alabama needs a new constituiton. 

YES. URGENTLY.

[Richard]

A majority of Alabama voters voted against removing a racist Jim Crow law from the books.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16443-2004Nov27.html?sub=AR

Screw Alabama. Why should Kerry states have to subsidize racist welfare states? They get back $1.69 cents on the dollar from the feds.

http://www.taxfoundation.org/taxingspending.html

What is wrong with racism?  Democrats support AA, and that is racist...

[A18]

Just thought I'd bump this idiocy to the top.

Here's the exit poll data that shows who really subsidizes Alabama:

Income--

Under $15,000 (8%)
Bush  36%
Kerry  63%   

$15-30,000 (15%)
Bush  42%
Kerry  57%

$30-50,000 (22%)
Bush  49%
Kerry  50%

$50-75,000 (23%)
Bush  56%
Kerry  43%   

$75-100,000 (14%)
Bush  55%
Kerry  45%   

$100-150,000 (11%)
Bush  57%
Kerry  42%

$150-200,000 (4%)
Bush  58%
Kerry  42%

$200,000 or More (3%)
Bush  63%
Kerry  35%

[Alcon]

What confuses me most about people making posts like this is why in the world it matters.

[A18]

So, jfern, are you outraged that all the rich Republicans have to subsidize the poor Democrats?

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So, jfern, are you outraged that all the rich Republicans have to subsidize the poor Democrats?

[KEmperor]

Breaking News:  Majority of Jfern's posts are paranoid delusions that have no basis in reality.

[opebo]

Breaking News:  Majority of Jfern's posts are paranoid delusions that have no basis in reality.

The idea that the majority of Alabamans are racist is reality.  One hardly needs the results of some referendum to know this.  Heck, the majority of Missourians are racist. 

[A18]

Any evidence, bopeepo?

[opebo]

Any evidence, bopeepo?

It is common knowledge.  To deny that a majority of Americans are racist is patently absurd. 

[A18]

To say that a majority of Americans are racist is patently absurd.