“Why Can’t Obama Close the Deal? Muahahaha!”*

Filed in National by on November 6, 2008

Nate Silver breaks down the difference between 2004 and 2008.  Obama improved over Kerry in almost every category except +65 and gays and lesbians.  The youth vote rocked. So did… wait for it… those making over 200,000.00!

Complete Chart after the jump.

*Massive h/t to The Jed Report for the title of this post!

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  1. delawaredem says:

    I slightly edited one sentence, because originally it sounded like McCain actually won Gays and Lesbians. Rather, Obama won 70% of them, while Kerry won 77% of them.

    I wonder what the cause of that was.

  2. pandora says:

    Thanks, DD. That puzzled me as well.

  3. jason330 says:

    Obama did not campaign against the CA anti-gay marriage proposition.

  4. jason330 says:

    Single issue voters…sheesh.

  5. Joanne Christian says:

    Prop 8 being concurrent w/ the election, and no real word on it from Obama AND

    Wasn’t Kerry’s first wife a lesbian, who spoke highly of him?