Louisiana: Assessment of Obama divided along racial lines

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/6/15/876174/-Louisiana:-Assessment-of-Obama-divided-along-racial-lines?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+dailykos/index+(Daily+Kos)

"The first thing you see in the cross-tabs is that attitudes towards the response are sharply split along racial lines. While 75% of whites disapprove of Obama's response, 82% of African-Americans approve.

This is largely reflective of Obama's overall job approval ratings (71% disapproval among whites, 90% approval among blacks). As with the country at large, Obama's approval on the spill is a bit worse than his approval overall, but the gap is fairly narrow.

The racial divide is not unique to Obama or the BP spill. On the response to Katrina, Bush's approve/disapprove rating was 41%/50% among whites and a staggering 6%/90% among blacks.

Even on support for drilling, there is a large racial gap. 82% of whites support offshore drilling while 8% oppose it. Opinion among blacks is more mixed: 58% support it while 26% oppose it."


The racial divide is a stubborn thing to kick in the deep South.

Louisiana is in that boat with OKLA and KY. Sad place

is a shitty approach to getting things done.

They have followed all the measures that were put in place during the environmental act of the 1990s.

up and BP has more of the right equipment. The Government is helping but BP owns this and the Obama Admin is right to not take over.

Your avatar is so appropriate since you are recycling lies.

Imagine a duck(in his oily blind) with the words "color blind" plus the % of whites vs blacks opinion to Obamas speech!

party lines too.

Why??? What in Hell do they think could have been done differently??

That's all I have to say on that.

The poll mirrors previous approval surveys with some extra tacked on to reflect the general tendency of people who are watching their coastal environment and livelihood destroyed.

to apparently put the blame where it belongs and not just knee jerk at the President.

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I'm laughing and shaking my damn head at the same time!
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