Did any subsets of whites swing towards Obama?

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Obama seemed to lose the least ground with rural whites not in the coal, oil, or corn belts.

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What about Italians? NYC and nearby parts of New Jersey had an Obama swing.

The white vote in both states swung GOP overall, though in fairness most of the counties in New York that swung R are either WASP, German, or Irish. Additionally, Italians are somewhat more spread out than they used to be, even though they're still mostly concentrated in a belt stretching from Boston to Philadelphia.

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There was a swing towards Obama in several counties on the Texas side of the TX-NM border, which happen to be new targets for natural gas exploration. Gas exploration workers, as well as the land owners, should be happy about anti-coal politics.

The counties in question, however, are pretty thinly populated, so in absolute numbers we are talking about 30-50 people per county having swung to Obama - which may in fact be Latinos that recently cáme in for gas drilling jobs.

That was entirely due to Hispanics.