Poll: Racial views steer some white Dems away from Obama
By RON FOURNIER and TREVOR TOMPSON, Associated Press Writers

WASHINGTON (AP) — Deep-seated racial misgivings could cost Barack Obama
the White House if the election is close, according to an AP-Yahoo News
poll that found one-third of white Democrats harbor negative views
toward blacks — many calling them "lazy," "violent," responsible for
their own troubles.

The poll, conducted with Stanford University, suggests that the
percentage of voters who may turn away from Obama because of his race
could easily be larger than the final difference between the candidates
in 2004 — about two and one-half percentage points.


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What a sad, sad story for the United States. And some of those white
bigots post right here in rec.boats, and employ the usual racial
bull**** in doing so.