Politics
Election 2012: No evidence that Obama is losing support among black voters
U.S. President Barack Obama (l) and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney(r). PHOTO/File
A new North Carolina poll conducted by the automated pollster (and Democratic affiliated) Public Policy Polling has set the political world on its head, suggested that not only has former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney made up significant ground on President Obama in the swing state but that the incumbent is losing roughly one in every five black voters in the Tarheel State.
Here’s the problem: There’s no evidence, outside of this single PPP poll, that Obama is suffering any significant erosion among African American voters.
The story of Obama’s continued and sustained strength in the black community can be told in three charts, all of which examine Washington Post-ABC News polling conducted over the first three-plus years of Obama’s presidency. (HUGE thanks to the Post polling team for building out these charts; do yourself a favor and follow them on Twitter @postpolls.)
