Income over $200K--Obama 52% McCain 48%

[underpants]

As expected, Obama did well among low-income voters. But he also won over the wealthiest Americans, despite promising a tax increase for those making more than $250,000 a year. Obama won 52 percent of the vote among those with family incomes of more than $200,000 a year, according to exit polls. That's a 17-point improvement over fellow Democrat Kerry.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gGwsssa7xKHFgjdLsgtEgJSaqmfgD94APE780

[Liberal Gramma]

1. So, 52% of upper-income voters want a better country...

and 48% of them want more stuff.

[bluestateguy]

2. This will be an important talking point in upcoming debates about taxes

Stress that the highest income voters, whose taxes Obama has pledged to raise, picked Obama, not McCain.

[underpants]

3. Exactly

"higher" income types tend to have gone to college (or we may be making inroads in the oft taken for granted/ignored small business owners) so they tend to be more socially liberal.

As Chris Mathews said the other day when naming Rove the #1 Biggest Loser in the 2008 elections "Karl Rove should be forced to sit and watch college graduations because the more people get college educations the worse their message works" or something to that effect.

[Essene]

4. Everybody needs to remember this factoid in the years to come

[JustAnotherGen]

5. That's me

I do well. But I want EVERY SINGLE American to do well.

The only way that was going to happen was by putting a Democratic President back in office.

BTW - First election was in 1992 when I was in University - of course voted for Clinton. I always vote for the Democrat. I will always vote for the Democrat.

And as for taxes - I have a tremendous hope that my taxes go UP but the money goes to Americans . . . health care, schools, veterans, infrastructure - The things that REALLY matter.