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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Politics Obama Approval Rate Down to 39 Percent Among Honkeys

Posted by Grant Brissey on Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 3:31 PM

But:

Obama won the Democratic nomination and the presidency with strong support from blacks and other racial minorities. In fact, according to exit polls and Gallup's final pre-election estimates, he won the election despite losing by double digits to John McCain among white voters.

Those patterns of support seem to have persisted into his presidency, with his support among whites starting out lower and dropping faster than his support among nonwhites. And though he maintains widespread loyalty among Democrats, the small loss in support he has seen from his fellow partisans seems to be exclusively from white Democrats.

It is important to note that this pattern is not unique to Obama. For example, Bill Clinton averaged 55% job approval during his presidency, including 52% among whites but a much higher 76% among nonwhites and 82% among blacks.

Why the 22 percent drop among whites and only a 7 percent drop among non-whites?

h/t: gallup.com

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WHICH honkeys? seems like he's losing the progressives (because he's the centrist he always was) rather than "reagan-democrats" or "independents".

but he could convert to Satanism and make a movie with Belladonna, and i'd still approve of him because he ISN'T AN OLD REPUBLICAN FUCKWAD NAMED BUSH.

Posted by Max Solomon on November 24, 2009 at 3:39 PM

"Honkeys"

Brilliant. Is there a movement among white people to "reclaim" that word now? Honkey, PLEASE...

Posted by Ackham on November 24, 2009 at 3:39 PM

what does using an offensive racial epithet in your headline gain you in a journalistic sense? and/or can you give us the official stranger list of human subdivisions for which it is acceptable to use racial epithets?

Posted by theophrastus on November 24, 2009 at 3:42 PM

#3, seriously? You're seriously offended by the word "honkey"? Maybe you should work on developing a thicker skin.

Posted by catsnbanjos on November 24, 2009 at 3:56 PM

@4 No kidding, right?

I wish somebody would tell that to the niggers, spics, gooks, chinks, nips, sand-niggers, wops, kikes, fags, and dikes.

Posted by Honky PRIDE!!! on November 24, 2009 at 4:08 PM

@3 If you're offended by the word "honkey," you have issues. Its use here (which is in jest) is fine by me.

Posted by T on November 24, 2009 at 4:08 PM

@3 You are the first person I have noticed being offended by the term "honkey".

Posted by Hernandez

on November 24, 2009 at 4:29 PM

So when will all the old white guys die off so we can get back to being a great country full of patriotic Americans who love our President, our strong middle class, and don't worship job-exporting overpaid CEOs that loot our country to line their own pockets?

2012?

Posted by Will in Seattle