Among the Democrats Hillary once again did well with white women.  She beat Obama by 20 points there.  Overall, Hillary won the white vote 52% to 43% over Obama.  The good news here for Obama is that he is making ground on white voters.  Hillary was also strong with Hispanics (61% to 37%) and Asians (68% to 30%).

Obama dominates with blacks (82% to 16%).  He won independents by 21%.  Voters who chose the Iraq war as their number one issue favored Obama by 15%.  Obama also won college graduates, 54-42%.

On the Republican side McCain was strong among independents holding a 2-to1 advantage there.  He was also strong amongst self-describes moderate conservatives (52 to 24% McCain over Romney).  For the second time, McCain was the favored candidate on the economy beating Romney 9 points.  Romney excelled when illegal immigration was the top issue for voters and also beat McCain among very conservative voters.  Huckabee did manage to capture 21% of the conservative vote, mostly in the south.

Yesterday’s results show me how different this country really is.  We are voting for who is most like us.  White women are voting for Hillary, blacks for Obama, the elderly for McCain, Mormons for Romney and the southern conservatives voted for the southern conservative in Huckabee.  The northeast has a completely different set of values than the south.  The midwest is different from the west.  America is truly a divided country.  We are divided on the issues, divided by region, and divided by race and gender.  Can anyone political candidate represent all of us and bring us together?  Not so far.

The other divisions exists among the parties.  Republicans are going through an identity crisis.  The conservatives doesn’t like McCain.  The moderates, liberals and independents love him.  On the Democratic side they love both of their candidates.  Their love is causing a major split along racial and gender lines.  There are more Americans stuck in the middle than on the right or left.  In this election, we are suffering an identity crisis and can’t figure out who we want to represent us.

On one other final note, something else has stood out to me about McCain’s ascension.  He is supported by Republicans who aren’t happy with the Bush administration.   Ironically, McCain is the Republican candidate who is most like President Bush.  Think about that.