Poll: Hillary Tops Obama Amongst African-Americans
“I need to make water.”
We told you about the recent poll that showed Hillary can’t beat most of the Republican contenders…but:
Six weeks out from the first round of presidential voting, New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton gets better ratings than Illinois Sen. Barack Obama among African-American voters — a crucial voting bloc in Democratic politics — a new poll shows.
The survey of 750 African-Americans, conducted from Oct. 5 to Nov. 2 and released Tuesday by The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, found Clinton was rated favorably by 83 percent of respondents, with 9.7 percent perceiving her negatively.
Obama, meanwhile, garnered favorable ratings of 74.4 percent, with 10.1 percent viewing him negatively.
Former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina was rated favorably by 45.1 percent of respondents, while 19.1 percent rated him unfavorably, according to the poll, which was sponsored by AARP.
The results offer a glimpse into the views of members among one of the most important Democratic constituencies.
But it covers a national audience rather than targeting individual states.
In Iowa, home of the Jan. 3 first-in-the-nation caucuses, the population is only about 2.1 percent black, according to 2006 Census figures.
In New Hampshire, home to the nation’s kickoff primary, on Jan. 8, it’s a miniscule 0.7 percent.
The picture changes considerably in South Carolina, which, with its Jan. 19 primary, could play a pivotal role in the Democratic nomination fight. The Palmetto State population is 29.4 percent African-American.
Twenty-eight percent of respondents to the poll cited the Iraq war as the top problem facing the country, followed by health care (20 percent), jobs and the economy (15 percent) and education (10 percent).
“What might be called signature issues of the Republican Party — taxes, terrorism, immigration and moral values — are just not resonating with African-American voters,” said David Bositis, senior research associate at the Joint Center.
“Not only are African-Americans not raising these issues when given the chance, but when pressed on which party has the better approach to them, they are clearly favoring the Democrats.”
Article by David Mark on Politico.com here.
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November 27th, 2007 at 3:15 pmWell, she IS, after all (I believe I’ve used this phrasing already today), married to the first black president.
November 27th, 2007 at 4:25 pm