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OPINION

 With Race in Play, 
 Obama's White 
 Support Softens 

Poll numbers plummeted amid Sotomayor, Gates controversies

Sep 14, 09 12:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama’s downward opinion-poll trajectory among whites seems to be linked to the “blackening” of his image, writes Joan Walsh in Salon. It accelerated during two racially charged moments this summer: Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court, marked with debate over her “wise Latina” comment,... More »

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race • politics • Joan Walsh • poll • racism • black • US Supreme Court • approval ratings • white voters • opinion polls • Obama administration • President Obama • Sonia Sotomayor • Henry Louis Gates Jr

 Obama's Support  
 Slides Among Whites 

Prez's poll numbers drop among key demographics

Sep 7, 09 9:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama’s support is eroding among those he fought hard to win over: whites, including independents and members of his own party, the Los Angeles Times reports. Since the close of his first 100 days in April, the president has seen his support among white Democrats plummet 11 points,... More »

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Democrats • poll • independents • approval ratings • poll numbers • white voters • President Obama

ANALYSIS

 White Obama Support 
 Defies Doubters 

 

44% of white voters swing to Obama

Nov 3, 08 8:04 AM CST
(Newser) - A minority of white voters—44%—are now supporting Barack Obama, but he trails by less than previous Democratic presidential candidates, reports the New York Times, including Bill Clinton. Both the impact of racial attitudes and the proportion of white voters in the electorate have diminished, analysts say. In a... More »

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Barack Obama • abortion • race • Al Gore • gun control • Lyndon Johnson • John F. Kennedy • religion • Bill Clinton • Barry Goldwater • Herbert Hoover • white voters • the race card • Hispanics • Michael Beschloss

 Economy
 Trumps Race 
 Even for
 Some Racists 

Voters openly negative on African Americans

Oct 18, 08 12:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - It looks like the economic crisis has gained Barack Obama a surprising number of supporters among those who might be considered racists, Politico reports. Even before the events of the past few weeks bolstered the Dem's numbers, a poll showed that a quarter of respondents who expressed negative views of... More »

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Barack Obama • racism • credit crisis • racist • Election 2008 • white voters • financial crisis

Black Politicians' Rise
Signals Changing Electorate

More white voters may be growing comfortable with black officials

Oct 14, 08 10:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - A change in the electorate may be under way as a growing number of blacks are winning local elections nationwide—more and more often across color lines, the New York Times reports. Some 16% of black legislators represented mainly white districts in 2001; by 2007, that figure had nearly doubled.... More »

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race • candidate • electorate • white voters • African-Americans

 'Rednecks' Endorse Obama 

Two seniors look to bridge a cultural gap

Oct 9, 08 6:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two self-described "rednecks" from the South are on a mission to help elect the nation's first black president. AFP looks at the efforts of the Missouri senior citizens who are defying stereotype with their tounge-in-cheek “Rednecks for Obama” campaign. Their banner drew big crowds at last week's debate,... More »

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Barack Obama • Democratic National Convention • Missouri • rural voters • Election 2008 • economy • white voters • guns

 'Regular Joe' Wades Into Fray 

Dem VP in his element talking up a storm with voters

Sep 23, 08 8:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - If VP candidates are a campaign’s attack dog, Joe Biden is “a big, thirsty St. Bernard,” who loves kissing babies and getting in the mix, reports the LA Times. Now that the media obsession with Sarah Palin is fading, reporters are remembering that Biden is still... More »

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Joe Biden • Election 2008 • white voters • Obama-Biden

OPINION

 It's Not Race That's
 Holding Him Back 

Blaming white voters will only be counterproductive, says Bai

Aug 25, 08 12:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama goes into this week's convention in Denver with only the slimmest of leads—or, as some polls suggest, trailing John McCain. In a year when it's widely assumed that any Democratic candidate should be a shoo-in, many in the press have suggested that Obama's race is costing him... More »

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Barack Obama • race • Democratic National Convention • race relations • Democratic Party • white voters • African-Americans

Obama Camp Steers Clear
of Arkansas

Campaign avoids state's Hillary-loving, white Democrats

Aug 15, 08 6:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama has a novel strategy in Arkansas, a Southern state that likes Democrats: He's not there. The presumptive nominee has no Arkansas office and hasn't even visited in 2 years. Yet analysts aren't surprised, noting that conservative Democrats heavily favor Hillary Clinton and backed President Bush the past two... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Arkansas • Bill Clinton • Democratic Party • George W. Bush • white voters

Two National Polls:
Obama Up 9, 8

Age more of a problem than race

Jul 15, 08 3:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama leads John McCain nationally in a new Quinnipiac poll, 50% to 41%, with huge advantages among female and young voters. The two split independents with 44% apiece, and McCain led 47%-44% among men and 49%-42% among white voters, the Boston Globe reports. Far more respondents said they were... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • independents • young voters • white voters • the female vote • opinion polls

OPINION

To Court Blue-Collar
Vote, Light Up

Fellow Nicorette user urges Obama to take up smoking again

Jun 17, 08 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Everyone has ideas about how Barack Obama can attract the working-class white voters that eluded him in the primaries. Author Tony Horwitz goes for the throat: Start smoking again. West Virginia and Kentucky, where Hillary Clinton clobbered Obama, lead the nation in cigarette consumption among whites, and lighting up could... More »

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Barack Obama • smoking • tobacco • working class • cigarette • working-class vote • white voters

THE GLOSSIES

Why White Supremacists Prefer Obama 

3 of 4 support him, despite racial differences

Jun 15, 08 4:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - McCain may lead Obama by 10% among white voters, but three of four white supremacists say they prefer the Illinois senator, Esquire reports.
  1. The Director of the White Aryan Resistance calls Obama a "black racist," but still supports him because of McCain's economic policies. He "hates
... More »

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race relations • racism • Obama 2008 • white supremacism • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • election • white voters • the race card • black voters

ANALYSIS

 5 Things to Watch for
 in Kentucky Tonight...

W. Va.-like thumping could give Clinton campaign more 'electability' ammo

May 20, 08 12:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - If Hillary Clinton pulls off another landslide in today's Kentucky primary, she can make a stronger case to superdelegates that she's more "electable" than Barack Obama. With this in mind, here are five things to watch, via Politico:
  1. Montgomery County: The small district accurately predicted the statewide margin
... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • race relations • electability • white voters • Kentucky primary

Does W. Va. Blowout Really Hurt Obama?

It's all about whether he can woo those pesky blue-collar white voters

May 14, 08 11:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama's West Virginia loss by a whopping 30 points probably won’t cost him the Democratic nomination, writes John Dickerson in Slate. But the loss does put a chink in Obama’s argument that he can unite disparate groups, since, apparently, these powers have failed him among at least... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Clinton 2008 • Obama 2008 • West Virginia • blue-collar vote • working-class vote • white voters • West Virginia primary

OPINION

Who Is Brave Enough
to Tell Hillary to Stop?

Democrats should be celebrating; instead, they're cowering

May 9, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Now that Hillary Clinton has lost, Peggy Noonan writes in the Wall Street Journal, she’s busy tearing her party apart. Democrats "should be dancing in the streets" after the brutal campaign, but instead they’re holed up at DC bars, regarding the former first family with “depressed... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic Party • Peggy Noonan • white voters

OPINION

 Obama's Must-Fix List 

Among his chores: broadening his base of voters

May 7, 08 5:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Deeming Hillary Clinton knocked out, John Judis takes a look at Barack Obama’s flaws in the New Republic and finds the Democrat with much to work on before Election Day:
  • His base: Obama has become too dependent on young and black voters, after early success with white men.
... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Indiana primary • white voters • the religious vote

Race Looms Large After Obama Loss

Dems start asking whether a black candidate can win

Apr 24, 08 8:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Until recently, Barack Obama seemed to have quashed concerns about the chances of an African-American winning the White House. But as he inches closer to the nomination, more Democrats are beginning to ask whether white and other non-black voters will elect a black man in November. The question has taken... More »

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Barack Obama • race • African Americans • voting • Democratic presidential candidates • Democratic nomination • Democratic Party • African-American voters • Pennsylvania primary • white voters

 Obama Loses Ground: Poll 

Support softens, lead among men falls

Apr 4, 08 9:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama's popularity has slipped in the past month, especially among men and rich voters, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll. His favorability rating dropped 7 percentage points to 62% during the fallout over inflammatory remarks from his pastor, but the dropoff appears to have leveled off, the... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Democratic nomination • male voters • white voters • New York Times/CBS News poll • upper-income voters

Clinton's Next Real Test: Indiana

Hillary counts on economy to win state, silence doubters

Apr 3, 08 1:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Right now all eyes are on Pennsylvania, but Hillary Clinton’s real proving ground will be Indiana, the Wall Street Journal says. Barack Obama led big in mid-February polling there, but the state is rife with the lower-income white voters who have so far flocked to Clinton. Winning them... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Indiana • Clinton 2008 • Indiana primary • white voters

Vs. McCain, Clinton Beats Obama in 3 Swing States

Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Florida polls show Hillary faring better in November

Apr 3, 08 12:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Polls in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Florida show Hillary Clinton faring better than Barack Obama in swing state head-to-heads with John McCain. Clinton beats the Republican by 8 points, 9 points, and 2 points, respectively, in those states while Obama wins by 4 points in the Keystone State and 1 point... More »

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Florida • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Ohio • Pennsylvania • white voters • swing states

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