Seems like a trend around most of the country. Most polls have shown Bush doubling to tripling his support among blacks compared to 2000. If the numbers are true, Kerry is toast.
Very true.
From the Miami Herald/St Petersburg poll internals that showed the Bush-Kerry tie in FL:
'"Nearly one in five African-Americans back Bush. The margin of error for this usually overwhelmingly Democratic voting bloc is 10 percentage points, but if that level of support holds, it would more than double the president's performance with black voters four years ago.
"If Bush can garner 20 percent of the African-American vote in this country, he will be re-elected. I just don't think it's going to happen, though," Schroth [pollster] said. '