Because some of them disagreed with his politics?

Really? I wonder about that. I might even say it's possible he got elected *because* of racism. How many black people voted for him simply because he has dark skin? (Of course you always have the flip-side of "How many white people voted against him for the same reason?") Don't get me wrong, many people (including myself) voted based on the issues. But the day we vote and race isn't even mentioned, when it doesn't matter at all, is when the turning point will be. Maybe it had to be this way because it is a first, but it still makes me sick to know his race was that big an issue.