Barack Obama: Democratic persidential candidate; about 18 million votes, or 6 percent of the American population.
John McCain: Republican presidential candidate; about 9.6 million votes, or 3 percent of the American population.
We have us a race -- the people have spoken!
Each of the candidates has a problem with some voters. Obama:
At the same time, his consistent inability to win the votes of white downscale voters has become an election issue wielded by Hillary Clinton as a damning weakness for the general election.
And McCain:
McCain's relatively low support among white evangelicals does not necessarily mean he has lost them for the general election, however.
There go those pesky whites again, spoiling it for everybody.
