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If 96% of white voters had voted for McCain in the 2008 election, would that be evidence of racism?

Asked by josie (30934points) August 30th, 2011

Leave me out of this, I refused to cast a vote for president in 2008. I thought both candidates were equally worthless.
Having said that, give or take 96% of black voters voted for president Obama, the black candidate.
Only about, give or take, half of white voters voted for John McCain, the white candidate. The rest voted for Obama.
White folks occasionally (too often, I think) are accused of participating in institutionalized racism.
I think these data may put that notion in dispute.
But…
If the data had revealed that 96% of white voters had voted for the white candidate, would there be charges of deep seeded racism in America?

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