From the same survey:
There were also significant partisan divides. Democrats were evenly divided as to whether the McCain commercial was racist, and they were also evenly divided on the Obama comment. Republicans, by an 87% to 4% margin, rejected the notion that the McCain campaign ad was racist. But, by a 67% to 26% margin, GOP voters believe that Obama’s comment was racist.
Unaffiliated voters, by a five-to-one margin, said the McCain ad was not racist. By a much narrower 50% to 38% margin, unaffiliateds viewed Obama’s comment as racist.
The battle is for the non-partisan middle who now view Obama as a race baiter. But here's the real shocker. The MSM would have us believe that blacks as a group consider whites as racists. Not so.
Overall, just 22% of voters believe that most Americans are racist. That view is shared by 32% of Democrats, 20% of unaffiliated voters and 12% of Republicans. African-American voters are evenly divided on the question.
That's what I call racial progress.
UPDATE: We beat Instapundit by HOURS! Take that, Glenn.
2 comments:
There is likely to be some fatigue with all this race discussion. I am tired of it already. Should these petty squabbles continue I cannot see it redounding to BHO's favor.
Its the people he associates with, his politics, and increasingly his regal demeanor that turns people off, but the campaign can't see or admit it. So going with race probably seems like a good way out.
But Barry get a clue, the "I don't look like the other presidents on the dollar bill" line; nobody cares. Only liberals who think everybody but them is racist like that line, everybody else just thinks, "get over yourself".
The stats are encouraging, because on the surface, this presidential contest could set race relations back years. Hopefully everybody is on to the game and doesn't get sucked in.
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