Reply #53: No, it is not. [View All]

[W_HAMILTON]

I didn't say that 100% would have voted against Prop-8, I am using that as an example to show that, yes, they did have an effect. It doesn't matter their size of the vote, if the vote was close enough that their small size would have had the effect of altering the result if they had voted differently.

As I said, if black people voted against Prop-8 in the same numbers as they voted for Obama -- knowing the current numbers -- it would not have passed, period.

Now, if different numbers come out (such as blacks being a smaller percentage of the vote, or more blacks voting "no" on Prop-8), that would change matters. But considering the numbers that have come out, yes, they did directly affect the passage of Prop-8.