Justin Webb's America

White voters

• Justin Webb
• 26 Jan 08, 10:31 PM GMT

WASHINGTON DC: Interesting point from JC on whether Democrats might not vote for a man because of his race - but surely it is not as simple as that? I understand that the modern party has ditched its old southern traditions but, even so, are all Democrats so reliably free of the taint of racism? Are any of us, black, white or any other colour? People are people, it seems to me.

But K Tyson
makes a point worth remembering as well, that a vote against Obama is not - of course - necessarily a vote against his race. RH asks about whether we have asked white South Carolinians whether they would back Obama - the honest answer is that I did not broadcast any white people backing him or opposing him, though I talked to three white people, all of whom liked him. Interesting to see what the exit polls say about white support for the senator.

As we wait for the results... Oh dear - this piece from the ever reliable Ron Brownstein rather puts a dampener on the prospects of a nice holiday after 5 February...

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