In the US presidential election the votes were divided up as follows:
Barack Obama won most votes cast by younger and first time voters, by age the only age group that McCain won was the over 64s.
Women mainly voted for Obama.
The Black and Hispanic vote overwhelmingly went to Obama.
The only other category won by McCain was white men, but even here his lead was small.
The main Issue influencing voters was the economy with well over 60% of voters putting this as their main concern. Other issues such as Iraq and Afghanistan were much less significant than in the 2004 election. Race s an issue barely figured.
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