Frustrated African-Americans demand more from Obama
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WASHINGTON — African-American support for Barack Obama appears to be softening, because of a rocky economy that has hit US blacks especially hard, and a perception that the President has ignored the economic travails faced by this once rock-solid pillar of his political base.
A Gallup poll last week found Obama’s poll numbers in the African-American community down from its once stratospheric 95 percent approval early in his term, to a still-high, but notably lower 81 percent — tying his worst ever showing from earlier this year.
Observers say softening support for Obama is the result of a faltering economy that at 16 black percent unemployment — compared to about nine percent for the population at large — has hit the Africa American community especially hard.
“We’re totally frustrated,” said US Rep. Elijah Cummings, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, speaking Sunday on CNN television’s State of the Union program..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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