# The Election and Data

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-election-and-data/646241>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [January 6, 2013, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-election-and-data/646241 "2013-01-06T06:46:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 8

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-election-and-data/646241/8 "2013-01-06T16:13:00Z")

</div>

> [@iiandyiiii](#):
>
> So did Romney. Obama also got a lot of high information voters. In combination, Obama had millions more voters overall support him. Not sure what your point is.

Obama [won among Postgraduates 55 to 42](http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2012/11/10/opinion/marshpdf.html?ref=sunday-review). I suppose OhMyGod’s claim is based on those Postgraduates being beneficiaries of Affirmative Action.

---

_[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-election-and-data/646241)._