Romney Has ZERO Percent Support From African Americans In New NBC/WSJ Poll

[Tx4obama]

A new NBC/WSJ poll out Tuesday shows President Barack Obama with a four-point lead over presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney. But as is often the case with polls, some of the more interesting numbers were in the details. For example? Romney snagged zero percent of African-American voters.

Among key demographics, the poll noted that Obama had a lead over Romney. The most stark being when it came to African Americans: 94 percent to 0 percent. Via NBC:

Looking inside the numbers, Obama continues to lead Romney among key parts of his political base, including African Americans (94 percent to 0 percent), Latinos (by a 2-to-1 margin), voters under 35-years-old (52 percent to 41 percent) and women (51 percent to 41 percent).

His lead among those groups isn’t surprising, but hard for the number zero not to catch a person’s attention.

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Full post here: http://www.mediaite.com/online/romney-has-zero-percent-support-from-african-americans-in-new-nbcwsj-poll/

[mucifer]

1. Isn't that kind of high?

[Politicalboi]

2. Not true

I've seen 2 black people at Rmoney's and Ryan's nomination. Are they forgetting about Ron Christy, or Herman Cain, Condi? That's 5 right there.

Oh and how can I forget Alan West. 6 Ha

[southernyankeebelle]

6. What about General Powell? or his son?

[Jamaal510]

26. Powell voted for Obama in '08.

[southernyankeebelle]

50. that's a smart general.

[Tx4obama]

9. I was gonna add Michael Steele to your list BUT I think he might vote for Obama this time. LOL :) nt

[chollybocker]

34. Isn't Steele the one who booked the GOP convention

in sweltering hot Tampa? Late summer? Hurricane season? Just sayin....

[sofa king]

54. Shhhhhhh!

No dude, he works for them. Ixnay on the ole-may, eh?

Steele just had the wrong astrologer, is all.

[Astazia]

14. I was going to post three names Politicalboi did it for me n/t lol

Puttin' on my thinkin' caps!

[UnrepentantLiberal]

24. Who's this guy voting for?

[Tx4obama]

39. The Rent is Too Damn High Party

The Rent is Too Damn High Party has three registered party members.

McMillan is now a registered republican (so that he could run in the GOP primary) but he was/is a democrat.

Maybe he will do a write-in vote and vote for himself

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_rent_is_too_damn_high

[LiberalFighter]

29. They are not real blacks.

[krispos42]

33. Considering how white his audience is...

... those "black people" you saw might just have been in a shadow or something.

[1StrongBlackMan]

51. Or, were working. n/t

[jsr]

37. .

[yardwork]

46. LOL! Is that a real quote? That's perfect.

[jsr]

47. Yep. June 12 Daily Show

Jon Stewart and Larry Wilmore.

[progressoid]

59. Larry needs to be on the show more often.

He's great.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

62. Unfortunately for Romney, Amos & Andy are Democrats...

and they're dead.

[Tx4obama]

3. I think the poll takers weren't able to find those two or three folks that Romney pays ...

to show up at his rallies to stand/sit behind him for the photo ops.

[LiberalFighter]

31. You mean the ones he catered in for the NAACP convention?

[Doctor_J]

4. Which is why they're being disenfranchised

duh.

[Hydra]

5. The fact that they can still pretend Romney has anything close based on that info is sickening

He's probably got the same 27-30% Bush always had:

Top 5%
Toadies of above: 10%
RW "Christians": 10%
Assorted blind followers: 3-5%

[Raster]

7. And this is the reason the rethuglicans are doing EVERYTHING THEY CAN to prohibit African-Americans.

...from casting their lawful AND LEGAL ballots in the upcoming election. This is Jim Crow at it's most blatant and most vulgarly racist.

[Scuba]

10. Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner.

[limpyhobbler]

8. 0% !

that's stunning

[qwlauren35]

11. What's really amusing...

Is that some black voters are really holding their noses, because they don't want to vote for someone who is pro-choice. Many won't be too crazy about a same-sex marriage platform either. We run quite conservative.

There are even some who don't think Obama has done enough for our communities.

It is actually sad that we are such a monolithic block of voters. We don't swing elections, and neither the Democrats nor the Republicans woo our vote. The Republicans basically ignore it, and the Democrats expect it.

I wish there was another party that we could run to and make us a voting bloc with some power.

[DallasNE]

17. I Disagree Somewhat With That Analysis

Without the black vote Democrats would be shut out in the Electorial College. Does anybody believe the Democrats could win Pennsylvania, Illinois, Michigan, etc. without the black vote. And would Nancy Pelosi would never have been Speaker without the Black Caucus.

That said, black Democrats should have more clout than at present and I don't know the answer for bringing that about. A 3rd party would dimish black power so that is not the answer either but picking up your marbles and leaving just means you can't get back in the game of marbles. Sometimes the grass really isn't greener on the other side.

[bigdarryl]

12. The President is only up ten points above Romney among woman ?

I thought it would be around at least a 15 to 20 spread

[Proud Liberal Dem]

13. Must be all those single women

who recently came out for Romney?

[BrainGlutton23]

16. I think Todd Akin

might take care of that!

[Samantha]

27. Well, I guess it is all of us left-leaning females swooning over Ryan's physique

Right?

Sam

[1StrongBlackMan]

52. After this week ...

it will be, if not greater.

[DallasNE]

15. I Realize There Is Some Overlap in These Numbers

But I can't for the life of me figure out how Obama's lead is only 4% given those other numbers. It would require that males overall are about 55-40 for Romney and white males over 35 by about 70-25 for Romney. It that is the case the dog whistle politics is working extremely well with that group.

[Jamaal510]

25. Last time I heard, he & R0bme were polling pretty evenly among male voters.

It was about 48%-47% in favor of Obama. I think those numbers look mighty suspicious.

[swayne]

18. It is a "statistical" 0%, not an "actual" 0%. It sucks and is embarassing either way.

[Live and Learn]

19. And they're working hard this week to make it zero percent among women too.

The more they talk the more votes they lose.

[CoffeeCat]

20. Behind 10% with women???

I remember in the movie Game Changer, when John McCain's people read the latest poll results and discover that McCain is behind 10 percent with women. In the movie, their faces were ashen, and they new this was dire and something had to be done, or the election was over for them.

That is why Palin was picked. They were desperate and they had no choice but ti throw a Hail Mary.

That's how dire and serious it is to be behind 10 percent with women.

<snicker>

[Heather MC]

21. That's not true I know 3 black folks that are strong supporters of his because of the Abortion issue

and whenever I point out other issues that would not be in their best interest for Romney to win. The go back to the Christian thing and hang on the Abortion issue for dear life

[Tx4obama]

22. Zero percent - means that there can be a fraction under 1%

Anything under 1% can be considered to be 0%

[sofa king]

44. If you count the margin of error it could be -2%.

Using Mark Twain statistics, that is.

[Digital Puppy]

23. 0% of A.A. Which is exactly why Ohio and Penn are trying to block minority/working-class voting!

If they can't outright stop Black folks (and working folks, young voters, and other minorities) from going to the polls with their 2012-style Jim Crow Poll Tax, they will make it very difficult anyone to cast a vote...do I even need to mention the crooked Diebold machines??

[Renew Deal]

28. That's a bit hard to believe

94-0? Where is the other 6%?

[UnrepentantLiberal]

41. Leftists? Cynics?

[JDPriestly]

30. Talking to voters in my neighborhood again today -- just random people

-- Romney has zilch support. People really don't like him and have not forgotten that Republicans caused the ruin of our country and that Bush took office although Gore won the popular vote.

I was shocked to hear that from people who are not educated or politically active and just ordinary hardworking people. I was amazed.

Of course that may just be my area.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

32. To be fair, the poll has a margin of error of +/-4 percent

So Romney could have as low as negative 4 percent of the vote.

[Jamaal510]

35. Since it's 94% to 0%,

I'm curious about the other 6%. Were they undecided or voting for some 3rd party or something?

[rufus dog]

36. At a high level, I can't comprehend the numbers

94% of blacks, 2 to 1 with Latinos, and a 10 point lead amoung women which are the largest voting block. How can he only be ahead by 4? I guess I need to to go drill into the polls.

[Suji to Seoul]

38. 41% of women are still voting republican and 8% are undecided

WTF?

I hate national polls. Do it state-by-state, not nationally.

[harmonicon]

40. That's not all that surprising to me.

A figure I remember clearly (or half-remember, if I happen to be wrong, I guess) is that thhice only demographic that McCain won was white males over the age of 25. I really hope that I get to see the Republican party become irrelevant in my lifetime.

[dtmfman]

42. So You're telling me....

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

57. This is the funniest shit I've ever seen in my life!!!

[UCmeNdc]

43. Voter Suppression will nullify the black vote

Face it the voter ID laws will cancel out the black voters this election!

[Major Hogwash]

45. After 3½ years of the GOP saying that President Obama was not born here, I am not surprised at all.

Donald Trump led the charge this year making that claim so many times that I lost count.
As millions of Americans were losing their jobs, and losing their homes, all the Republican party did was call President Obama names and show disrespect to him just because he was the President.
It started at that first joint speech to Congress that President Obama gave when that Republican House member shouted out "You lie" right in the middle of President Obama's speech.

While all of those Americans were losing their jobs, I don't why the Republicans thought that all of those people who had lost their jobs were just Democrats.
Or why they thought they were all white.
Those Americans needed help, not just more partisan bickering and name calling.
So, why the Republican party decided to try and capitalize on their pain by calling President Obama names and questioning his birth certificate, is beyond me.

Why they were as racist as they were and so "loud and proud" about it, I have no idea.
I have never seen anything like it in my life.
The last time they were this noisy about hating black people was back in the early 60s.
But, that nonsense just isn't going to work anymore.

There is no way that I will ever vote for a Republican now.
No way in hell.
Not for any office whatsoever, not even for local dog catcher.

[mojo2012]

48. I'm not surprised either

The GOP has deteriorated so much over the years. I feel for the 'old school' Republican congressmen & senators who for the most part used to be able to work freely with the Democrats. Now, if they do that, their own Party tries to oust them out! They are being ousted by Tea Party believers who obviously have the belief that their way is the only way. There was a day when you were always respectful of your elders, teachers, and definitely, for the President of the United States.
This do-nothing Congress has spent their entire time making it their first priority to oust President Obama. Not to help Americans, (Republicans, Democrats, Independents) of any race, gender, etc.
It's ridiculous to see the likes of Donald Trump out their stomping their feet and pounding the table over such stupid things. He is more worried about President Obama's birthplace than he is about the middle class and poor.
I only hope the number of people VOTE (like the polls indicate) and realize their vote IS important. If they don't they are fulfilling the Tea Party's Dream or the 1% who are trying to buy the election

[Canuckistanian]

49. So, their strategy is clear now - suppress that black vote

By whatever means necessary. They were doing it anyways, but now it'll be ramped up.

[crimson77]

53. "Mr Blutarsky, zero point zero"

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

55. Joan Walsh from Salon.com just wrote a book called "What's the Matter with White People?"

Think I'm going to pick it up because I really don't understand why some poor, middle- and working-class continue to vote against their best interests. Yes, I understand that the Republicans have perfected the Southern Strategy--getting whites to believe that black and brown people are taking something away from them, or that somehow they're going to be rich. I just don't understand why they can't look around and see what's really happening to the middle class in general. I just don't get it.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

56. Also, the bad news is that I'm experiencing so much apathy (and anger) among some black

Americans as I go door to door that I'm not 100% confident. There are some religious blacks who are angry at Obama for his gay marriage stance. While they may not vote for Romney, they'll stay home. Then, there's the apathy: "Why vote? My vote won't count!" or "What's Obama done for me? He hasn't done anything!" Yes, believe it or not, there are those who agree with the Cornel Wests and the Tavis Smileys of the world.

Still, Obama should enjoy 90% of the black vote, just like other Democratic presidential candidates. Last time, he got between 95%-97%. He may lose some support for the very reasons that I suggest.

[thelordofhell]

58. How the GOP see President Obama

[King_Klonopin]

60. Ya-but, it's quality not quantity...

"Our blacks are better than their balcks" -- Ann Coulter

[ellisonz]

61. White people need to step it up. n/t