Charles Tien, a professor of political science at Hunter College, said the schism in the W.F.P. showed less an ideological difference between unions and progressive activists ideological soul mates than differing opinions on how those ideals had or had not been fulfilled.
The Washington Post reports the largest racial divide in the electorate since 1988. Political scientists Charles Tien, Richard Nadeau, and Michael Lewis-Beck concluded that Obama lost 5 percentage points of the popular vote because of his race. This time around they see him losing about 3 points.