As President Obama is starting his 2012 election campaign, support for him is dropping in the least expected area: African Americans. In the past few weeks, Obama has been criticised for "avoiding troubled inner-city districts," and suffered large drops in poll numbers among black voters. It seems that expectations were much too high to begin with, and so people were disappointed.
However, that isn't to say that African Americans don't support Obama. They are more likely not to vote at all than to vote against Obama. However, during the 2008 elections, the turnout for black voters was huge, and pretty much unanimous in who they voted for. With "Strongly favorable" views of Obama in black voters dropping from 89% to 58% in five months, Obama may have reason to worry.
Monday, October 3, 2011
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After many elections wherein the best candidate (in my eyes) was passed up for a...err less favorable option (*coughgovernatorcough*), I started to lose some faith in the American people's ability to see past the spin. While I'm still in favor of Obama as our next president, it's nice to see that people are focusing on the outcomes of his presidency rather than his initial promises from 2008. I was definitely surprised by this change (especially after our last president and the voters' decisions).
Are the people finally waking up and seeing past some of the spin? Or are we just so split now that the fence-walkers just end up pissing off everyone? How are we ever going to get ourselves out of this divide?!
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