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Nonrepublican voting pattern in ohio. >> that's it, lawrence. and they know that a disproportionate ll i, the early and in-person vote in urban areas tends to be utilized. but that is not a reason to impact the integrity of elections. they want to talk about the integrity of elections, making sure that people's votes are not suppressed, making sure that people feel like their voices can be heard in the democracy, that is important. and, you know, we have laws on the books right now that are working in terms of capturing anybody that may be trying to impersonate somebody when they work into the...

It companies y comes to midterm. a similar voting pattern. the gap has shrunk over the years. you can look at it. it always pops back up from whatever it was the presidential election before that. built on younger nonwhite voters. the republicans have consolidated older voters and white voters. and in a midterm year, that gives them a near-term advantage. though potentially slowly fading away as the decade rolls on. joining me now, david wasserman, the house editor for the cook political report. good morning to you, sir. >> good morning, professor todd. >> i think you get to be the professor i...

Brief. barack obama improved his overall vote total for the democrats from '04 to '08 by five points, more than kerry. for all voters. among african-american voters, it was seven points. two-point difference. so whatever we say about the african-american community, they may be committed for all series to democrats but there isn't a big voting pattern in there about this president. >> i wish more people would read your piece and get it squared. again, i don't think we should file as whole issue around race under his inability to communicate his policies. it's really up to us to try to move beyo...

For all voters. among african-american voters, it was seven points. two-point difference. so whatever we say about the african-american community, they may be committed for all series to democrats but there isn't a big voting pattern in there about this president. >> i wish more people would read your piece and get it squared. again, i don't think we should file as whole issue around race under his inability to communicate his policies. it's really up to us to try to move beyond some of the discussions we've been having around this presidency because he is black. if we do that we might see -- ...

So whatever we say about the african-american community, they may be committed for all series to democrats but there isn't a big voting pattern in there about this president. >> i wish more people would read your piece and get it squared. again, i don't think we should file as whole issue around race under his inability to communicate his policies. it's really up to us to try to move beyond some of the discussions we've been having around this presidency because he is black. if we do that we might see -- >> i think to some extent he's helped us with that. lily, ari, professor james peterson, s...