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WSJ/NBC Poll - Romney Completely Unpopular Among African Americans

jackstar7

jackstar7

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NBC.com said:
Looking inside the numbers, Obama continues to lead Romney among key parts of his political base, including African Americans (94 percent to 0 percent).
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I saw someone else post a thread about poll results, so I figued this topic might spawn some conversation as well.

Are there people who feel like they are voting against their interests (like the rural poor who vote against theirs)?
 
chucky2 said:
No kidding. Blacks voting for a black POTUS candidate instead of a white POTUS candidate? Color me shocked....
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Really? So following that logic why didn't McCain win last time cause surely all the white people voted for him. 🙄
 
Bird222 said:
Really? So following that logic why didn't McCain win last time cause surely all the white people voted for him. 🙄
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Because white people as a whole aren't as racist as minorities, coupled with the first real black candidate for POTUS put forth by a major party. Obama was, and still will, get very high % of the black vote simply because of that reason. Just the way it is....
 
chucky2 said:
No kidding. Blacks voting for a black POTUS candidate instead of a white POTUS candidate? Color me shocked....
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At first sight, this is a very easy conclusion to make, but historically blacks have voted Democrat. Once there will be a black repub candidate (if ever, lol), then we'll see.

Black_Vote_Pres.jpg
 
chucky2 said:
No kidding. Blacks voting for a black POTUS candidate instead of a white POTUS candidate? Color me shocked....
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Aw, how cute; chunky chiming in on another debate he is woefully misinformed on.

As a previous poster just indicated, blacks have voted Dem for decades, regardless of color.
 
gevorg said:
At first sight, this is a very easy conclusion to make, but historically blacks have voted Democrat. Once there will be a black repub candidate (if ever, lol), then we'll see.

Black_Vote_Pres.jpg
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We would have had a black Repub candidate this time if Cain had been able to keep it in his pants.

I don't think it's fair to call black folks racist over Obama. When you make up 12% of the population and you're 0 for 42 on Presidents, it's not unreasonable to jump on the first competitive black candidate. Especially since, as you point out, blacks vote Democrat in numbers almost as high anyway, so it's really not that big a change.
 
Republicans would probably have an easier time with black people if they stopped trying to prevent them from voting:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2261942

I think Ken Mehlman, former chaiman of the RNC, said it best:

"Republican candidates often have prospered by ignoring black voters and even by exploiting racial tensions," "by the '70s and into the '80s and '90s, the Democratic Party solidified its gains in the African-American community, and we Republicans did not effectively reach out. Some Republicans gave up on winning the African-American vote, looking the other way or trying to benefit politically from racial polarization. I am here today as the Republican chairman to tell you we were wrong."
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Unfortunately, the GOP hasn't learned that lesson and they still kowtow to the spideys and the a777pilots of America.
 
chucky2 said:
Because white people as a whole aren't as racist as minorities, coupled with the first real black candidate for POTUS put forth by a major party. Obama was, and still will, get very high % of the black vote simply because of that reason. Just the way it is....
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a777pilot said:
Apparently white folk are not as racist as black folk.
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Wow. You guys need to go study some American history. Newsflash, Obama is a Democrat which has gotten a large percentage of the black vote historically. It might just be that they think Democratic policies are more inline with their views.
 
gevorg said:
At first sight, this is a very easy conclusion to make, but historically blacks have voted Democrat. Once there will be a black repub candidate (if ever, lol), then we'll see.

Black_Vote_Pres.jpg
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Bird222 said:
Wow. You guys need to go study some American history. Newsflash, Obama is a Democrat which has gotten a large percentage of the black vote historically. It might just be that they think Democratic policies are more inline with their views.
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I understand that - that's already a known. There is no way though that blacks are going to shun "their" candidate for POTUS like white voters are - potentially - going to/thinking about, this election. I'm obviously not talking about voters that vote Dem/Rep each election regardless of the candidate, I'm talking about people that can actually be influenced one way or the other. Blacks in that category are not going to be influenced as easily as whites. I don't really blame them, if I was in their shoes generation after generation and finally a serious black POTUS candidate came up, I'd be voting for him too (unless his policies were just insane).

Chuck

First said:
Aw, how cute; chunky chiming in on another debate he is woefully misinformed on.

As a previous poster just indicated, blacks have voted Dem for decades, regardless of color.
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Ahhh, Dave. You're spamming this thread too?!

Chuck
 
No surprise, I don't think anybody expected Blacks to vote for Romney. The question is one of turnout among Black voters. Will Obama's support of gay marriage, which appears unpopular in the Black community, reduce the turnout?

Fern
 
Fern said:
No surprise, I don't think anybody expected Blacks to vote for Romney. The question is one of turnout among Black voters. Will Obama's support of gay marriage, which appears unpopular in the Black community, reduce the turnout?

Fern
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Hopefully it will force black voters to think about the similarities between blacks' struggle for equal rights and gays' struggle for equal rights. I think the similarities are often overstated - the vast majority of blacks never had the opportunity to be "in the closet" about being black, nor were gays ever considered property - but they are at their core the same struggle.

Not that I want Obama to win, I don't. But the concept that government should not have the power to discriminate against an otherwise law abiding minority to please the majority's sensibilities is more important than the difference between Obama and Romney.
 
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