Blogs by Todd Golden
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Outnumbered... by a lot!
I was sitting in the lounge area of our locker room yesterday when one of the members of the management asked me a simple question, 'McCain or Obama?' I answered, 'McCain', and he echoed my response into the telephone he was on. After that he asked my other American teammates who all answered, 'Obama'. That wasn't a huge shock because all but one of my other American teammates are African American dudes, and the one who isn't is half white, half Native American! So, when he hung up the phone he started laughing pretty hard, and he says, 'Todd, you are the only American in the league that votes for McCain!' That caught me a little off guard... 'I'm the only American that votes for McCain... wow'. After thinking about it, it's not THAT surprising. Looking at the demographic of Americans in this league, I estimate there is 50 Americans in the top division over here, and only 5 of them are White guys. It's just interesting to think about the election in terms of race. Using the league as a sample, it seems as if White people are much more willing to vote for Obama, than Black people for McCain. Not saying either is right or wrong, and I think that is fairly parallel to how the general public feels. All I know is I will be staying up very very late tonight, hopefully late enough to see who is named the next President of the United States of America.



