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Poll: White Democrats may pose problem for Obama
One News Now/The Associated Press ^ | September 20, 2008 | Ron Fournier and Trevor Tompson

Posted on 09/20/2008 2:01:24 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

An AP-Yahoo News poll has found one-third of white Democrats harbor negative views toward blacks - many calling them "lazy," "violent" or responsible for their own troubles.

The poll, conducted with Stanford University, suggests that the percentage of voters who may turn away from Obama because of his race could easily be larger than the final difference between the candidates in 2004 - about two and one-half percentage points.

Certainly, Republican John McCain has his own obstacles: He's an ally of an unpopular president and would be the nation's oldest first-term president. But Obama faces this: 40 percent of all white Americans hold at least a partly negative view toward blacks, and that includes many Democrats and independents.

More than a third of all white Democrats and independents - voters Obama can't win the White House without - agreed with at least one negative adjective about blacks, according to the survey, and they are significantly less likely to vote for Obama than those who don't have such views.

Such numbers are a harsh dose of reality in a campaign for the history books. Obama, the first black candidate with a serious shot at the presidency, accepted the Democratic nomination on the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, a seminal moment for a nation that enshrined slavery in its Constitution.

"There are a lot fewer bigots than there were 50 years ago, but that doesn't mean there's only a few bigots," said Stanford political scientist Paul Sniderman who helped analyze the exhaustive survey.

The pollsters set out to determine why Obama is locked in a close race with McCain even as the political landscape seems to favor Democrats.

(Excerpt) Read more at onenewsnow.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; 2008polls; blackvote; democrats; election; electionpresident; elections; mccain; mccainpalin; obama; whitevote
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Oh yeah: “If you’re white, and you don’t vote for Obama, you’re a racist!”


21 posted on 09/20/2008 2:16:05 PM PDT by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D. - "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
We need to have a conservative interviewer get recognized by Obama at a press conference, and ask the question like this:

"Senator, in light of your recent struggles to top 50% in the polls, and reports from many sources that blue-collar white voters are hesitant to commit to your candidacy, would you consider sending Sen. Robert Byrd, who was a member of the KKK, to campaign for you among these constituencies?"

Be sure to get the video capture of the look on Obama's face and put it on YouTube. Maybe he'll get all flustered and talk about "...my Muslim faith".

Cheers!

22 posted on 09/20/2008 2:16:30 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Luke21

[The Asspress is laying a stereotypical guilt trip on white people. This is a straw man piece of propaganda.]

I am willing to bet that states such as Iowa (especially Iow) will, on election day, go for McCain.


23 posted on 09/20/2008 2:17:25 PM PDT by dbacks (Should we really elect a man that would not be allowed to be an airport baggage screener?)
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To: pennboricua
"when are they going to do a poll on black racism and why obama is garnering almost 100% of the black vote."

Steve Gill, a Nashville based talk host, asked John Zogby about this and Zogby hee, humm and ahhhed like Obama sans teleprompter. It was rather funny. Zogby was talking about racism and how it will play out in this election. He obviously was not interested in those who are voting for Obama merely because he is black.
24 posted on 09/20/2008 2:17:44 PM PDT by j_k_l
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The democrats never admit that they just lost, there always has to be some kind of trick or an excuse.

They are just preparing for that, in addition to laying a guilt trip on some folks who may be wavering on the idea of voting for Obama.


25 posted on 09/20/2008 2:18:38 PM PDT by I_Like_Spam
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
What the study does not address is the observation made by Geraldine Ferraro. She said in a recent interview that there has been racism against whites in the Obama campaign. When are the academics going to acknowledge and study this racism against whites in the Democrat party?
26 posted on 09/20/2008 2:22:49 PM PDT by stripes1776 ("That if gold rust, what hall iron do?" --Chaucer .)
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To: fella

27 posted on 09/20/2008 2:24:02 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Barack Obama: In Error and arrogant -- he's errogant!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“...responsible for their own troubles...”

Well, duh! Aren’t most people responsible for screwing up their own lives? Why should it be any different for someone just because there is more melanin in their skin.


28 posted on 09/20/2008 2:26:15 PM PDT by SatinDoll (Desperately desiring a conservative government.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The pollsters set out to determine why Obama is locked in a close race with McCain even as the political landscape seems to favor Democrats.

Did they ask any questions about his Liberal ideology or his shady past, or did they just focus on the race angle? I suspect the latter.

29 posted on 09/20/2008 2:26:50 PM PDT by OCC
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The polling nerds are starting to get it. Only they should have put a 1 in front of that 2 1/2% figure that they used. That would be more like it.


30 posted on 09/20/2008 2:29:30 PM PDT by rodguy911 (HOME OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE--GO SARAHCUDA !!)
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To: pennboricua
I'm glad you said almost. I haven't partaken of the Democratic Kool Aid in 18 years.

A couple of months ago my dear misguided mother asked me if I were going to 'go back to being a Democrat' and vote for Obama. I had to restrain myself from using expletives in my response; in any case, I'm still towing the line for the GOP, largely in part because of Sarah Palin.

31 posted on 09/20/2008 2:30:57 PM PDT by T Lady (The Mainstream Media: Public Enemy #1)
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To: TheWasteLand
I think it's more the fact that bamby has absolutely no track record, no experience,is basically a bloated empty suit that far outweighs the racism issue.
32 posted on 09/20/2008 2:30:58 PM PDT by rodguy911 (HOME OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE--GO SARAHCUDA !!)
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To: pennboricua

YEah but thay are all libs and would have pulled the “d” lever anyway.


33 posted on 09/20/2008 2:31:43 PM PDT by rodguy911 (HOME OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE--GO SARAHCUDA !!)
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To: fella

34 posted on 09/20/2008 2:35:08 PM PDT by Just Another Lurker (I'll go back to sitting in my corner now)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I would really like to know how the “wiggled” this information out of people. It seems to me very few people would admit this—especially Democrats who typically insist that only white people can do any wrong.


35 posted on 09/20/2008 2:42:42 PM PDT by rbg81 (DRAIN THE SWAMP!!)
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To: pennboricua

White guilt for what? I never owned a slave. My family never owned a slave. Obama’s family was never slaves, unless some Africans sold some of his African cousins into slavery. How would slavery from the past possibly affect how white people vote today?


36 posted on 09/20/2008 2:45:04 PM PDT by abclily
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Ya think. I know a local Village Mayor, a lifelong Democrat here in the Northeast. Never voted anything other than the Democrat line his whole life. He voted for Gore and he voted for Kerry and he tells me he will never vote for Obama.


37 posted on 09/20/2008 2:45:04 PM PDT by AdaGray
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To: pennboricua

My great grand daddy paid the price for my white guilt when he took a rebel mini-ball at Petersburg, Virginia. He took the Union Blue to free the slaves as a radical abolitionist. He put his money where his mouth was and almost lost his life to free the black race from bondage. I have no guilt. It was paid for my my family. This election isn’t about race. Put up a good black candidate and not a street hustler and I might vote for him.


38 posted on 09/20/2008 2:49:00 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
A lot of Democrats are starting to realize the big problem with Senator Obama--woeful lack of real governmental experience at the executive level. This is in contrast with even Governor Palin, who not only is current Alaska governor, but also was mayor of a town for several years and even knew a lot about the running her own business.
39 posted on 09/20/2008 2:49:16 PM PDT by RayChuang88
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The Democrats and their media allies are turning to a new, desperate, and very dangerous tactic. Rush talked about it on Friday, but he missed the mark. Rush said that Democrats are preparing the argument that racism was to blame when 0bama loses. It is, in my view, a far more dangerous strategy than that.

What Democrats are actually doing is setting the table for holding America hostage on election day. 0bama and his surrogates are race-baiting in order to agitate minorities in what will be the final tense days of the election. There will be an outright threat of racial violence and rioting if 0bama loses made in the final 48 to 72 hours. The goal is to intimidate America into voting for 0bama or face the consequences, much like the OJ Simpson jury was faced with finding OJ not guilty or watching LA burn.

Rush didn’t take his hypothesis to its natural, obvious conclusion. This is not about having an excuse the day after. This is about making a threat the day before.


40 posted on 09/20/2008 2:50:10 PM PDT by counterpunch (Jim Jones was a Community Organizer)
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