Arianrhod
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Blacks vote skin color, that is a fact.
Facts have data to support. Present yours.
Why?
What impact will it have on you?
What I say is statistically proven;
http://www.uky.edu/AS/PoliSci/Peffley/pdf/Weaver Race, Skin Color, and Candidate Preference.pdf
And you've provided the requested data, for which I thank you. Most posters here, when asked for evidence, tend to shriek invective instead.
Couple of interesting things about the tables starting on page 8:
(A) Dividing black subjects into "light-skinned" and "dark-skinned," whereas white subjects were simply classified as "white." I'd be fascinated to know how the author made the determination. Did she use a color chart? "Here, let me hold this next to your arm and see which category you should go in."
(B) The study was done in 2004. It would be interesting to see a more recent study (possibly an updating of this author's paper) to reflect election returns in '08 and '12 (and of course in black districts in '16, assuming Carson survives the Trump machine...though not in Alabama unless those DMVs are reopened).
Who votes for whom is a moving target. Take the assumption that "all Democratic women will naturally vote for Hillary." T'ain't necessarily so.