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(Gallup) Obama's Approval Slide Finds Whites Down to 39%
Gallup ^ | 11/24/2009 | Jeffrey M Jones

Posted on 11/24/2009 1:33:06 PM PST by markomalley

Since the start of his presidency, U.S. President Barack Obama's approval rating has declined more among non-Hispanic whites than among nonwhites, and now, fewer than 4 in 10 whites approve of the job Obama is doing as president.

Obama last week fell below 50% approval in Gallup Daily tracking for the first time in his presidency, both in daily three-day rolling averages and in Gallup Daily tracking results aggregated weekly.

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Blacks' support for Obama has averaged 93% during his time in office, and has been at or above 90% nearly every week during his presidency. Thus, part of the reason Obama's support among nonwhites has not dropped as much as his support among other groups is because of his consistent support from blacks. (With Hispanics' approval rating down five points, greater declines among Asians, Native Americans, and those of mixed races account for his total seven-point drop among nonwhites.)

The accompanying table shows how Obama's approval rating has changed by subgroup from his first full week in office to the most recent week. The only subgroup showing a greater change than whites is Republicans, down 24 points during this time. Independents' approval of Obama has declined nearly as much (down 18 points), whereas support among Democrats is down only 6 points.

Obama's strongest support comes from blacks, Democrats, and liberals -- all of whom give him approval ratings above 80%. He maintains solid support of more than 60% from nonwhites, Hispanics, and young adults.


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


TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2009polls; 91percent; buyersremorse; fail; fourth100days; gallup; obama; poll; whitevote
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To: BertWheeler

And many many churches support Africa BIG TIME!


101 posted on 11/24/2009 7:23:02 PM PST by presently no screen name
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To: The Comedian

“39%.

Wow.

That’s one great big steaming pile of stupid honky. “

Hard to believe, ain’t it ;-)


102 posted on 11/24/2009 7:27:08 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (Support our troops, and vote out the RINO's!)
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To: manc
Maybe it is high time for the black community to stop looking at color ,like MLK wanted...

I made a similar comment to my black family members during the campaign, but it didn't cause them to see the hypocrisy of their blind support for Obama.

What can I say -- they're liberals. They can hold two opposing viewpoints in their minds simultaneously. It's part of the training, you know.

103 posted on 11/24/2009 7:29:20 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: PDMiller
Every single category in the negatives, except one.

Using common sense, logic would tell you that the one category that disagrees with the other 26 categories is the group that is prejudiced.

Either that or we're all racists!!!

104 posted on 11/24/2009 7:33:49 PM PST by airborne (As long as Muslims are a "protected species", all Americans are an "endangered species".)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

I know 2 white people who voted for Obama who couldn’t give a reason to vote for him, but IMO they voted for him so they could say “see I voted for a black man, I’m not racist”. I totally lost respect for them.


105 posted on 11/24/2009 8:11:06 PM PST by Ballygrl
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To: markomalley

You mean only 39% of the white population is not racist?


106 posted on 11/24/2009 8:18:17 PM PST by PawtucketPatriot71
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To: markomalley

Uh oh. Time for amnesty to get those numbers back up.


107 posted on 11/24/2009 9:16:04 PM PST by Rosemont
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To: Windflier

Kool Aid? That’s racist!!

JK.

(Another black freeper)


108 posted on 11/24/2009 10:17:52 PM PST by TypeZoNegative (Pro life & Vegan because I respect all life, Republican because our enemies don't respect ours.)
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To: ecomcon

Hey Blacks only went up 1%. That’s hardly a resounding success. He’s toast.


109 posted on 11/24/2009 10:55:36 PM PST by Jack Black
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To: nutmeg

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110 posted on 11/24/2009 10:58:25 PM PST by nutmeg (Rush Limbaugh & Sarah Palin agree: NO third parties! Take back the GOP)
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To: Windflier

You rock. You are very important. I have many many black friends. Many are not Obama supporters. The stats are not correct. This is more disinformation. It’s really important for white people to know that Obama does not equal black. He doesn’t. In fact he is not black in any meaningful way. Eminem is blacker than Obama.


111 posted on 11/24/2009 10:58:35 PM PST by Jack Black
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To: Windflier

I know what you mean.

There are some black conservatives and I’ve met many. They have a tough time, some choose to keep it to themselves at family gatherings.


112 posted on 11/25/2009 6:48:28 AM PST by BertWheeler (Dance and the World Dances With You!)
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To: BertWheeler

Blacks here should not be tribe driven anymore but they are very very racially subjective and xenophobic.

Sad thing is very few blacks are very politically astute....averge black IQ is the US is abysmal...culturally drive probably..and the homelife and upbringing..if any...most just vote for who will do something for them or so they are told. The radical Republicans started this promises promises thing in Reconstructiion...never delivered...and then the Dems under FDR appropriated it and have built on it with JFK, LBJ and now Bro has really poured the coal to it.

I don’t think it can be changed till one changes black culture....(dads) ..a tall order.

I can’t blame ignorant blacks for voting skin but did they really?

I don’t think so....had Obama been a Jesse Peterson he would have lost the black vote. He would have gotten a larger percentage being black than normal but still would have lost to a white liberal....no question

Bro was just a planet alignment for blacks...Haley’s Comet sort of...and for mealy whites too.

Unfortuntately latinos seem to be in the same pattern at a slightly lower rate....why they act this way is another discusion ...I think it goes back to more cultural implosion and illegitimacy and resentment against the non hispanic white culture here (by many, not all)


113 posted on 11/25/2009 7:04:39 AM PST by wardaddy (The movie Valkyrie was excellent...I was surprised. What a cast.)
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To: Typical_Whitey
Yes, but he is a communist-racist-narcissist.

He would sooner see the world burn before going Conservative on anything.

I recently read that gun owners are next on his "to destroy" list per the Death Care verbiage.

114 posted on 11/25/2009 7:17:02 AM PST by GI Joe Fan (GI Joe represents Real American Heroes, not a bunch of globalist drones.)
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To: BenLurkin

Well, it’s pretty obvious racism is involved and almost impossible to ignore, so why should be try?


115 posted on 11/25/2009 7:38:31 AM PST by altura
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To: markomalley

I doubt it’s that high. But look at who is breaking it down to race. Not Fox News, that’s who.


116 posted on 11/25/2009 7:49:20 AM PST by Republic of Texas (Socialism Always Fails)
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To: BertWheeler
There are some black conservatives and I’ve met many. They have a tough time, some choose to keep it to themselves at family gatherings.

I'm not in the family's face with my political views, but if the subject comes up, I don''t hold back even a little bit.

117 posted on 11/25/2009 8:09:57 AM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Jack Black
I have many many black friends. Many are not Obama supporters. The stats are not correct.

I've got to admit that the stat about blacks' support for Obama bothers me, and not just because it's so high. It also bothers me because I've personally seen a shift in support for Obama among some blacks.

I haven't sampled the views about Obama with enough blacks to get anything better than a hunch, but that hunch tells me that support for Obama among blacks has eroded somewhat since the campaign.

118 posted on 11/25/2009 8:33:51 AM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: markomalley; wardaddy; CodeToad; PhilDragoo; Diogenesis
Check this out. It's the new one ounce American Platinum Eagle coin design.

Ain't no room for white boys in our new "more perfect union."

Wonder when the trains start to roll, to "perfect" the USSA?"

It's a BIG image, maybe somebody more HTML savvy can shrink it down for posting.

http://www.usmint.gov/downloads/pressroom/2010_AEPlatinum_Rev.jpg

119 posted on 11/25/2009 8:40:01 AM PST by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: Travis McGee; wardaddy; CodeToad; PhilDragoo; Diogenesis

120 posted on 11/25/2009 8:43:59 AM PST by markomalley (Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus)
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