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A New York Times story that analyzes their poll on the racial dimensions in this election was disputed by the Obama campaign.
From ABC News’ Jake Tapper.
Today’s New York Times analysis of their poll on the racial dimensions to this election – “Poll Finds Obama’s Run Isn’t Closing Divide on Race” — is being met with some pushback from Camp Obama.
Write the Times’ Adam Nagourney and Megan Thee: ” Americans are sharply divided by race heading into the first election in which an African-American will be a major-party presidential nominee, with blacks and whites holding vastly different views of Senator Barack Obama, the state of race relations and how black Americans are treated by society, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll. The results of the poll, conducted against the backdrop of a campaign in which race has been a constant if not always overt issue, suggested that Mr. Obama’s candidacy, while generating high levels of enthusiasm among black voters, is not seen by them as evidence of significant improvement in race relations.
The Obama campaign answers back.
” The NYT story about their poll ignores multiple and significant pieces of data that actually indicate a trend much different from that which the story suggests. Here are some straightforward points from their data that are omitted from the story:
“a) More white voters say Obama cares about people like them, than say the same thing about McCain by 31 to 23.
“b) On the essential issue in this campaign bringing about change in Washington Among white voters, Obama is seen as the change agent by 52% to 30%.
“c) Obama’s 31% favorable rating among white voters is virtually identical to McCain’s, which is at 34%.
“d) By a 2 to 1 margin over McCain, white voters are more likely to say that Obama would improve America’s image in the world.
“e) ‘Racial dissension’ around Mrs. Obama’s 24% favorable rating among whites is an extremely odd description given that Mrs. McCain’s favorable rating among white voters is 20%.
“f) Enthusiasm for Obama’s candidacy is roughly 2.5 times higher among white voters than is enthusiasm for McCain’s.
“g) Obama is winning by 6 points against McCain and the gap among white voters is only -9 — a margin smaller than independent expert on voting patterns, Ruy Texiera, said would give Obama a ‘solid win.’
“h) Though there is a six-point margin of error among black voters the NYT describes the 7-point change in black voters’ views that whites had a better chance of getting ahead as slightly higher than 8 years ago. Given that the Times reports horserace questions as statistically even when the margin falls within the margin, it seems that this shift from seven years ago among black voters is well within the margin of error.”
Barack Obama was hoping for a free ride in the liberal press but even they can suppress the facts for only so long.
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3 Comments for Obama Camp Disputes NY Times Story on Racial Divide
I sincerely hope things are not that simple for every last black person in the USA.
On the other hand, it is perfectly understandable for someone, when facing a choice between two completely unacceptable candidates, chooses one possessing some characteristic with which they can identify. Whether it’s blacks voting for the black guy, bald people voting for a bald guy, women voting for a woman. When neither alternative looks like a good choice based upon their major characteristics, and when each has so many negatives, people are going to be reduced to making a decision based upon trivia.
We, the collective “mouths” of the USA (by way of the Worldwide Web) are in a position to influence the future, though perhaps not as soon as 11/4/2008. But it is up to us to discourage the division of US voters into black/white factions, hawk/dove, “liberal”/“conservative”, Republican/Democrat, etcetera.
The genuine distinction is Authoritarian versus Libertarian, and the sooner we focus upon that alone, to the exclusion of such piddling differences as race, the sooner everyone will benefit.
The Obama camp has played the race card at every turn. Now they want to pretend that they are inclusive. This might be amusing if it weren’t in fact dangerous, as well as hurtful to the cause of improving race relations in the United States.
There are many intelligent, aware African Americans who despise Obama, and would not dream of voting for him, regardless of who is the Republican nominee.
A prominent black preacher recently called Obama a “maggot.” He told his congregation that the people who worship Obama do so because they themselves feel worthless, and they see Obama as a saviour, just as cult followers feel their charismatic leader to be a saviour, beyond reproach or criticism of any kind.
Obama’s follower often refer to him as a genius. This is revealing. Obama is anything but an intellectual genius. Far from it. But he may be an evil genius. The world has seen others of this type. They bring only disaster and suffering to humanity.
If you are black, you are voting for BHO. If you are white, yellow or red, you are voting on the issues. It’s that plain and simple.