Also, let's keep in mind that many people don't fundamentally vote with a sense of objectivity - balancing out the pros and cons of the candidates based on a rubric of a candidate's platform. Many people who enter the polling booth, when asked to choose a candidate, ultimately vote for the candidate with whom they identify the most.

... Those (White) people who voted Republican in 1996 to 2004, I believe, voted erroneously. They labored under the false belief that the Doles/Bush/Cheneys of the world represented their interest only because older White males represent the figure of authority. They didn't understand that the Doles/Bushes/Cheneys did not represent their interests socially nor economically. People are now starting to figure it out.


People will vote for Obama the more his words and policies start to sound "true" to the masses. One major reason why Obama's appeal has grown is that he was one of the few people to oppose the war from the Iraq very beginning, back in 2003. It took the rest of the nation 4 years and $4 trillion added to the national debt to figure out that Obama's judgment was correct!