Gallup: Poll shows racial divide on storm response (Bush @ 46% approval)

[Brightmore]

Poll shows racial divide on storm response
USA Today
September 12, 2005

A USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll finds a stark racial divide in Americans' attitudes toward the plight of Hurricane Katrina's victims, the performance of President Bush and the reasons the government's early response was wanting.

Six in 10 African-Americans say the fact that most hurricane victims were poor and black was one factor behind the failure of the federal government to come to their rescue quickly. Nearly nine in 10 non-Hispanic whites say those weren't factors.

(snip)

In any case, Republican efforts this year to reach out to black voters have been set back. In the survey, African-Americans by 74%-16% have an unfavorable opinion of the GOP. By more than 3-1, they say Bush doesn't care about black people. By more than 2-1, whites say he does.

The president's job-approval rating is 46%, essentially the same as the 45% rating in the poll taken Aug. 28-30. That's at odds with a record-low rating of 38% in a Newsweek poll released on Saturday.

One possible reason: The USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup survey was taken Thursday-Sunday, after the president displayed more focus. Among the findings:

• Katrina has riveted the nation's attention: 96% are following the story closely. That's higher interest than for any news event of the past quarter-century except the 2001 terrorist attacks and the start of the Iraq war.

• Asked about those shown looting in the hurricane's aftermath, whites by 50%-44% say most of those involved were criminals taking advantage of a situation. But blacks by 77%-16% say they were mostly desperate people trying to find a way to survive.

• Seven of 10 support the idea of an independent investigation into the government's slow response. Most say that agencies and officials have been doing a good job in the last few days, however.

• Americans are more pessimistic about the economy's future than at any time during Bush's tenure: 50% predict the economy will be poor a year from now.

• Bush's strongest political asset — the perception he is a strong and decisive leader — has eroded. On that, he gets the lowest rating of his presidency, 52%.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-09-12-katrina-poll_x.htm

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[autorank]

2. " One possible reason:" Galup is full of it..they do "God's work."

Heard "Mr. Gallup" say it on the tee vee...fell down and praised the pollsters, "Vox Populi, Vox Dei" ...

They are doing Bush's work, they are Republican trolls sucking at the core of our democracy to be, they are intellectually dishonest and a faux poll.

Forget their blather. Use a consensus of non-corporate polls, compare it to an average of corporate polls, and there you have it.

:hi:

[Brightmore]

3. This is what I use instead of just one poll

http://realclearpolitics.com/Presidential_04/bush_ja.html

Bush's approval is @ 41.9%.

[autorank]

7. You are one smart dude! That's a great site.

Rasmussen, Ipsos, and Pew - non corporate average
The rest - corporate average

The Rasmussen inflates the positive but what the heck...

I like Pew in general, or Survey USA (if they're wrong they lose customers; if the subcontractors for the corporate only listings are not where their masters want them, they lose customers too).

[tritsofme]

16. I use that site too

It was especially useful during the election.

However many people called me a troll when I linked to averages over there because the guy who runs it is a Republican...

...and apparently Republicans average numbers differently than Democrats do?

[Brightmore]

17. Yes, the guy is a Republican Bushbot, BUT

He's fair. The articles on the front page are pretty balanced. He has some pro-Bush articles and some anti-Bush ones.

And you are right...numbers are the same no matter who is averaging them.

[tritsofme]

18. Most of his articles seemed to have

quite a conservative slant, to me at least, but that's what I expect, and that's not what I go to the site to see.

The fact that he took the time to average out every poll that comes out just makes life easier when you are trying to get as much information as possible.

Overall, its a good site, especially in election years.

[merwin]

20. Very nice site!

[fearnobush]

15. So gallup must do poll - like real quick to negate all the others?

The scramble to pump out Bushit poll in under two weeks from the last? What a bull shit GOP organization.

[autorank]

19. And I bet they have no shortage of well-heeled patrons.

[last_texas_dem]

4. Looks like Gallup

may still be oversampling the 'pugs in their surveys. It would seem like someone in their organization would notice that the results of their polls are consistently at odds with all of the other national polls and maybe consider making some adjustments...? It just seems a little weird to me.

[Lexingtonian]

10. this one's skew is due to weekend sampling

A pretty sure-fire way to get 4-5% Republican skew as a good look at Rasmussen daily polling will show.

So Gallup is seeing the same 40%ish electorate as everyone else. All that bullshit used by the reporter to stretch the article length is pretty sad.

[Erika]

5. Bush has divided this country beyond belief.

He's put it into camps, those in need and those in comfort. Believe, those in need will win out. I guess he chose to tear our country apart so his global corporatists will keep winning out as we bicker.

Make no mistake, W is global corporatist president, not our president.

[sandnsea]

6. strong & decisive 52%

How the fucking hell can that be? Sympathy, all I can figure is the 50% of white people who think the looting was all criminal are starting to backlash against the blacks who are blaming poor President Bush for stuff that is their own fault. Otherwise, I just don't friggin' get how anybody can call this lump of dung strong and decisive.

:banghead:


And you think it's easy to turn these people into Democratic voters??

[Erika]

9. Remember the right don't like being called wrong

nor racist...even if they are.

[rooboy]

8. Racial divide - Human race hates him, master race loves him. n/t

[NYC Liberal]

11. All the other polls show him at 36 to 41 percent.

Yet Gallup has him at 46?

Smells like BULLSHIT to me. I think you can subtract about 8-10 points from that.

[DBoon]

12. Why are white people so stupid?

I am ashamed at my own European ancestry at times like this.

"I'm not black but there's a whole lot of times I wish I could say I'm not white"

- Frank Zappa

[Brightmore]

14. Great quote

:thumbsup:

[Miss Chybil]

13. Oh, there's no such thing as racism and discrimination in America

anymore. You guys didn't know that? Ask any white guy. He'll tell you.

/sarcasm

[BiggJawn]

21. 9 out of 10?

Must be polling White Folk in the gated communities again...

"Oh, I'm not a Racist! Why, my housekeeper is colo-uh-Black, and my Gardener is Mexi-uh-Hispanic...And my daughter brought a Chinese friend home from college for the holidays, and we had Egg Rolls!"

That's OK, White MuriKKKa, keep telling yourself all "THOSE People" stayed and died because they wanted to. Keep telling yourselves they were shitting in the corner because they don't know how to use a toilet (nevermind that *I* wouldn't use a toilet that hadn't been flushed in days, either)
Whatever makes you feel better....

Boy, have *I* ever been DUMB, thinking that we've made "progress" since I was a kid.....:mad: