That wasn ' t me . Someone made a username like mine . <| sep |> You have to remember , Obama ' s election victory was connected to the unpopularity of the Bush Presidency the Iraq War , Katrina , numerous scandals in his administration or in Congress and most importantly the implosion of the economy as well as the weakness of John McCain as a candidate and his VP , Sarah Palin . 2010 was very much the Republicans and their big donors reorganizing with the Tea Party and using the bailouts and Obamacare to rally the conservatives against the Dems . 2008 was less the apex of the Democrats and more people being tired of Republicans and the GOP being demoralized . <| sep |> That ' s an awful lot of conjecture . What evidence do you have of a study specifically commissioned to keep black people from voting in 2016 ?