The ‘08 Election and the Minority Vote

White folks still “own” the vote in the sense that they make up 74 percent of eligible voters and are expected to comprise 78 percent of the actual voters in the 2008 presidential election.  And it’s among white voters that John McCain is giving a spanking to Barack Obama, 54 percent to 40 percent.   

But is that 14 percent enough of a firewall for McCain against the minority vote, and where does the minority vote stand? ...