When Obama's national approval rating peaked in our polling last May he had the support of 91% of African Americans and 48% of whites. In our poll last month he was still at 90% with blacks but had seen a decline to only 37% with whites.
Given that it's no surprise that 6 of the 8 states we've polled since December where Obama's seen the smallest decrease from his 2008 performance had black populations above the national average- Alabama, South Carolina, Arkansas, North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. The other two were Alaska and South Dakota.
The states where Obama's seen the largest decline in his support- New Mexico, Nevada, Ohio, Texas, and Wisconsin- all have average or below average black populations.
Here's the full data:
| State | Approval | 2008 Vote | Difference | Black Pop. |
| | 42 | 39 | +3 | 26 |
| | 46 | 45 | +1 | 29 |
| | 38 | 39 | -1 | 16 |
| | 37 | 38 | -1 | 4 |
| | 46 | 50 | -4 | 22 |
| | 43 | 47 | -4 | 30 |
| | 41 | 45 | -4 | 1 |
| | 46 | 51 | -5 | 16 |
| | 43 | 49 | -6 | 12 |
| | 35 | 41 | -6 | 8 |
| | 54 | 61 | -7 | 10 |
| | 47 | 54 | -7 | 4 |
| | 46 | 56 | -10 | 6 |
| | 33 | 44 | -11 | 12 |
| | 40 | 51 | -11 | 12 |
| | 44 | 55 | -11 | 8 |
| | 45 | 57 | -12 | 3 |
3 comments:
Obama Love
Obama he is my man, he shows his anger, to the public he gives no dam.
He is a progressive in every way, killing jobs is how he earns the union's back deal pay, in action he is a socialist even when he is just simply issuing a stay: He says he for the free, but he is bent on one single deed, providing a permanent May Day for all of America to see.
He oppresses many while calling them every name, then claiming he and his party is the victim, soaking in the more fame, he is very hypocritical in his blame, knowing every time it's always the same, this is Obama's favorite game.
He blame's others like the Tea Party, Insurance, Racist, Big banks, and Israel. Many of us knows his policies have already failed. He shows the signed of being dangerously narcissistic, but our media loves him, as he can fool them into believe he just pessimistic.
He is for big government every time, hurting our economy so we can't save a dime. He knows the socialism role, will be to take away all our dough. He made a promise not increase the deficit, this promise he knew, to be untrue, but if he created enough civil unrest, he could find some else to have the blame rest, for all his ugly mess, this is where Obama is truly the best.
With government spending billions in waste, I know our government will make it sound great and a honorable place, so they offer money to their cronies in this and every case.
President Obama helps unions gain their dues, no bill is done with out their un-ethical sausage dew. Soon our education system stench will endlessly protrude, and he has no care if you find this rude.
Go Obama, lets have Government take away more freedoms, come on man, you can transform, again claim the public is misinformed. Go Big G, rah rha ree, lets help our government take us to our knees
You also found that Obama's approval with whites was quite a bit higher than his 2008 results. Same thing in John Spratt's district in South Carolina. Any reason for that?
Obama's approval with blacks won't help in congressional races (blacks are concentrated into heavy democrat districts) and won't help him in 2012 (blacks are concentrated in the south). Obama desperately needs to make amends with whites. That means listen to them, not attack them as "racist" because he doesn't share their values.
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