Income distribution of the white vote

[mileslunn]

Considering whites in the South tend to be poorer than elsewhere and vote quite heavily Republican, I suspect the variance amongst whites was rather small.  Lets remember places like Manhattan and San Francisco have lots of rich whites and I am pretty sure Obama won those.  The real reason lower income people were more likely to go for Obama is the percentage amongst this group who are African-American or Latino is well above the national average.  I wouldn't be surprised if more than 50% of lower income households were minorities.  Its also the same with age as although the age divide exists with whites, its not nearly as large as exit polls suggest since the 18-29 demographic is much less white than the 65+ demographic.