Ted Talks (Does Race Effect Votes)

The speaker, Nate Silver, talks about politics and how race effects votes. He mentions how mixed neighborhoods are more likely to have similar political views. On the other hand neighborhoods such as rural neighborhoods, are more likely to vote for their own kind. He shows statistics about how certain states would not vote for a coloreed president. They were mostly states that are not multicultural. I agree with Silver because in my last blog post I mentioned that I am leaning more towards obama because of the people around me. My parents for example are voting for Obama so I hear from them the pros of voting for him and the cons of voting for Romney. I'm basically being persuaded into voting for Obama by those that i surround myself with, which would be considered my "neighborhood". all in all, your neighborhood and your surroundings effects your opinions.