Black voters lean toward Clinton, but Iowa could change that

McClatchy Newspapers ^ | November 27, 2007 | Margaret Talev

[NCDragon]

WASHINGTON — Black voters may be leaning toward supporting Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination over Barack Obama because they're dubious that America is ready to elect a black president, a new survey suggests.

The national poll released Tuesday by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a liberal policy organization in Washington, and sponsored by AARP, the senior-citizens group, confirms that African-American likely voters favor the two leading Democrats, and it underscores the stakes for both in Iowa's Jan. 3 caucuses, where the voting begins. Obama and Clinton are running neck and neck in Iowa, recent polls show, though many voters remain undecided.

If Illinois Sen. Obama were to win there, in a nearly all-white state, that might convince black voters that he's electable and persuade them to vote for him over New York Sen. Clinton in later contests where their votes could spell the difference, such as in South Carolina.

[Dahoser]

Black voters may be leaning toward supporting Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination over Barack Obama because they're dubious that America is ready to elect a black president, a new survey suggests.

But they're convinced that America is ready to elect a woman President?

[LibLieSlayer]

Must be the Oprah effect... skin color runs deeper than Country or Party.

LLS

[LibLieSlayer]

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LLS

[Puppage]

skin color runs deeper than Country or Party

American politics by & large, are nothing more than a poplarity contest.

[Eddie01]

Black voters may be leaning toward supporting Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination over Barack Obama because they're dubious that America is ready to elect a black president, a new survey suggests.

If the conservative credentials and sufficient experience were, I would support regardless of skin color.

Nobody wants a flaming liberal with little to no experience for president regardless of skin color, that's the problem with Obama's electability (that and a racist Democrat party who see blacks as easily manipulated victim voters only).

[Ann Archy]

EVERY black voter should vote for Obama!

[krb]

they're dubious that America is ready to elect a black president,

Well, jeez. If Black people aren't voting for a Black president, why should the rest of America? If it is important to get a Black person elected to the high office, that community sure isn't providing leadership on this one.

[Tulsa Ramjet]

Since Hillary says alot of her experience comes from eight years as a first laday, a good question to ask her while she trolls for votes in Miami is did she support her husband’s decision to send Elian back to Cuba.