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The national exit polls have broken out their survey results by racial group since 1976, and since that year, the Republican nominee for president has received, on average, 54.8 percent of the white vote, while the Democratic nominee has garnered an average of 40.6 percent. In 1980, 1992, and 1996, third-party candidacies affected the distribution of the white vote. The highest percentage secured by a Republican was the 66 percent won by Ronald Reagan in his landslide re-election in 1984; the lowest Democratic number was Walter Mondale’s 34 percent in that same election. Jimmy Carter received the largest percentage of white votes for a Democrat with 48 percent in 1976; George H.W. Bush received the lowest at 41 percent in 1992 when Ross Perot ran, splitting the white vote and dropping Bush from the 60 percent white share he received in 1988.
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Some of the votes have been rigged though. I cannot remember the reference. But one convincing statistician pointed out that the Bush family had never truly won an election. Its possible that the white vote for the Bushes might be essentially fake. I don't want to put words in the stats-guys mouths though. He was only talking about the overall vote.
you have forgotten Nixon's strategy
The so-called Southern strategy. A bit of a feeble criticism. Southerners ........ Bad. Sounds like a lot of hype.
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