Quote Originally Posted by Strike For The South View Post
As someone who would like to see gays be on equal footing I suggest you drop this kind of mindsets because it will only put off the blacks and hispanics and we need there votes. Do you know why blacks come out so vehemently against gay marriage? Its because they are equated with the rights they fought so hard for.
Hispanics barely voted in favour of the proposition. In fact the reason why Blacks came out in favour of Prop 8 is because they are far more religious than the average voter. However, that is not the primary reason why the vote failed. I'll let Nate Silver take the rest:
Quote Originally Posted by Nate
Furthermore, it would be premature to say that new Latino and black voters were responsible for Prop 8's passage. Latinos aged 18-29 (not strictly the same as 'new' voters, but the closest available proxy) voted against Prop 8 by a 59-41 margin. These figures are not available for young black voters, but it would surprise me if their votes weren't fairly close to the 50-50 mark.

At the end of the day, Prop 8's passage was more a generational matter than a racial one. If nobody over the age of 65 had voted, Prop 8 would have failed by a point or two. It appears that the generational splits may be larger within minority communities than among whites, although the data on this is sketchy.