[lbo-talk] black primary turnout

[Doug Henwood]

At last Thursday's Obama panel at the Brecht Forum, Gary Younge took  
my wet-blanketism to task for devaluing the enthusiasm of Obama's  
supporters. He cited a marked increase in black turnout as evidence.  
Apparently that's not exactly right:

<http://abcnews.go.com/PollingUnit/Politics/story?id=5202366&page=1>

"Turnout was up across the board, and blacks, like other Democrats,  
increased their participation. But blacks did not vote in  
disproportionately greater numbers: They accounted for 19 percent of  
all Democratic primary voters, about the average for Democratic  
primaries in past years."