How did Obama Win?

After a historic night many people are waking up to ask how did he win. Lets see if we can take a closer look at the numbers and figure it out. Pretty easy actually.

Voting by sex, 47% of the electorate was Males and 53% Females. Obama got 49% of the Males and 56% of the Females. When you break it down further, Obama got 66% of the 18-29 age group, 52% of the 30-44, 49% of the 45-64, and 45% of the 65 and older.

The big keys was the 18-29 and the African American vote. Obama's Campaign did an outstanding job in the get out the vote. With ACORN providing additional support in this area. This section drove much higher numbers to the poles and when you are getting 66% of the young vote, and 95% of the African American vote.

If you break down the voting by county in the Battleground states, you can plainly see how Obama did it. He won big in Major Cities, those leads were impossible to lose in the outlying areas.

The election is over and we now move on. The hurdle Obama will have to jump is to help smooth out how he won. By winning with a majority of new voters, people who haven't voted before has left some people with a bad taste. The big key will be whether these same people will continue to vote in future elections, or was this a one time thing.