What strikes me from the Gallup data is that the decline among women has been 4 % greater than among men. This isn't momentous, but it is indicative of something worth pointing out. All along -for , what ?, about 20 years now- Democrats have scored better with women voters. If ( the"if" is important ) this trend holds up then the Democrats are in serious trouble for 2010. Billy ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- In a message dated 12/2/2009 10:53:52 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: What he misses from the poll is that Republican approval rating is 14%, which is much lower than the "white" approval rating of 39%. On the other hand, it is true that the "black" approval rating is 91%, which is higher than the Democrat approval rating of 82%. So it is true that race is a factor, but it would be a mistake to ignore the political party split. See the numbers here: _http://www.gallup.com/poll/124484/Obama-Approval-Slide-Finds-Whites-Down-39 .aspx_ (http://www.gallup.com/poll/124484/Obama-Approval-Slide-Finds-Whites-Down-39.aspx) -Kevin On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Dr. Ernie Prabhakar <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > wrote: >From where I sit, Obama's performance has been neither as execrable as the rating among whites would suggest, nor as walk-on-water miraculous as the rating among blacks and browns would have us believe. And that gap between them is less a measurement of a president's performance than of a nation's enduring irresolution. The poll was meant to be a window. It became a mirror instead Wow, excellent analysis. Thanks for passing that along. Not quite sure what it means, but it is certainly something to ponder. -- Ernie P. _______________________________________________ Centroids mailing list: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) _http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com_ (http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com) Archives at _http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/_ (http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/) _______________________________________________ Centroids mailing list: [email protected] http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com Archives at http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/
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