Something to Chew On

If you've got a few hours to spare, why not waste it digesting CNN's exit polls? Lots of interesting stuff in there, and I haven't even gotten past page 1 of 7. Here's a few stats that jumped out at me and hit me smack in the face:

OBAMA CARRIED WOMEN, 56%-43%
In my National Elections class, we learned that the gender gap is a result of the fact that men skew towards the GOP, not because women favor Democrats. So much for my education.

THE ONLY AGE GROUP MCCAIN CARRIED WAS 65+
Think that's a bad sign for the GOP's future? Even worse, Obama carried the 18-29 demographic by a staggering 66%-32%. Hint to the GOP: those voters are going to be around a long while.

OBAMA CARRIED VOTERS MAKING LESS THAN $30,000, 60-38%
Normally, lower income voters skew just a tad towards the Democrats. I'd say this is well beyond a tad. And we can't blame the whole thing on the economy.

OBAMA CARRIED EVERY EDUCATION GROUP
Those with a high school education and those without. The people who graduated from college and the ones who didn't. And even those pointy-heads with their PhDs. No word as to how he did among people with only a grade school education, but I'm guessing he won them too.

24% OF VOTERS SAID THEY WERE "SCARED" BY THE THOUGHT OF AN OBAMA VICTORY
...And 4% voted for him anyway! And 28% of people said a McCain victory would scare them--and 2% voted for him anyway! Who are these people?

OBAMA CARRIED EVERY RELIGIOUS GROUP EXCEPT PROTESTANTS
Jesus said, "On this rock I will build my church." But the GOP can't expect to build a political party on just one rock. Bush won in large part because he narrowly carried the Catholic vote; Obama won Catholics 54%-45%. That's a lot of swing voters.

I'm getting depressed just typing this. So go ahead: read for yourself, and get depressed for yourself!