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Poll Finds Obama Candidacy Isn’t Closing Divide on Race
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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In the survey, 83 percent of blacks had a favorable opinion of Obama, compared with 31 percent of white voters. (article 4)
The nationwide telephone poll of 1,796 adults showed that 39 percent of blacks said there had been no real progress in recent years in getting rid of racial discrimination. (article 4)
Twenty-seven percent of whites said too much had been made of problems facing black people, while half of blacks said not enough had been made of racial barriers faced by black people. (article 4)
Americans' perceptions of the fall presidential election between Mr. Obama and Senator John McCain also underlined the racial discord that the poll found. (article 3)
The poll shows that while Americans have been pessimistic about the direction of the country in general and the state of the economy in particular, they are increasingly positive about the way things are going in Iraq. (article 1)
59 percent of Americans say that the U.S. should have stayed out of Iraq altogether, a number slightly up from April when 57 percent said so. (article 1)
Economic concerns continue to eclipse other issues, with half the country saying the economy will be "extremely important" to their vote. (article 2)
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Source articles
- CBS News Poll: Americans More Upbeat On Iraq But Most Still Say U.S. Should Have Stayed Out (CBS News, 07/15/2008, 260 words)
- Obama Leads by 8 Points In Poll (Washington Post, 07/14/2008, 633 words)
- Poll Finds Obama Candidacy Isn’t Closing Divide on Race (nytimes.com, 07/16/2008, 1411 words)
- Obama not closing racial divide: poll (Washington Post, 07/16/2008, 276 words)
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