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Former Plantation Areas Vote Blue
January 16, 2009 4:48 PM
As our country prepares to swear-in its first African-American president, our Robert Krulwich noticed an interesting pattern related to voters who helped put Barack Obama in the White House. He recently dug deeper into the red and blue voting blocks across the Southern states and found that former plantation areas vote Democratic.
January 16, 2009 in Vote 2008 | Permalink | Share | User Comments (2)
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great demographics story. thanks. that's some real journalism right there!
Posted by: Paul | Jan 16, 2009 6:18:13 PM
Thank the lord these folks were not disenfranchised, as they have been in the past.
Posted by: LYNDA in CT | Jan 18, 2009 10:13:35 AM
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