Poll shows Artur Davis with 50% of black vote in race to Democratic nomination for Alabama governor

[ccharles000]

A new poll commissioned and paid for by the Artur Davis campaign shows the Birmingham congressman with a double-digit lead in the race for the Democratic Party nomination for gover­nor.

The poll shows Davis leading Ron Sparks 46-33 percent. The poll has a mar­gin of error of plus or minus 4 percent.

Both the Democratic and Republican primaries are June 1.

The poll shows Davis, who is black, splitting the state's white vote with Sparks, who is white. Sparks has 42 percent of that vote and Davis 41.

Among black voters, Da­vis is leading with 50 per­cent of the vote compared to 25 percent for Sparks. An­other 25 percent is unde­cided.

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/05/campaign_2010_poll_shows_artur.html

[Thrill]

1. Not surprising. This guy is a Republican who goes around pretending

to be a Democrat. It appears he isn't fooling everyone down there

[seleno]

6. He's said to be a moderate

See graph at the bottom: http://www.ontheissues.org/house/artur_davis.htm

[tritsofme]

2. He voted against the Affordable Care Act.

The only member of the Black Caucus to do so. No surprise many are skeptical of him.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

3. Disgusting! I can't stand Artur Davis. Why is he even a Democrat. Black conservatives so much

better as Republicans.

[Ter]

4. Any chance this guy can beat Roy Moore or James

Both are uber nuts.

[Hippo_Tron]

7. I really hope James gets the nomination

His walk and talk TV ads are hilarious.

[Ter]

8. More than Roy Moore?

Is it possible to be further Christian-Right?

[enuegii]

5. A Democrat can win the governor's race in Alabama only if

he/she can motivate and unite Progressives(yes, there are some), conservative white Democrats and African-Americans. If any of the three defect or stay home in significant numbers, whichever loon the Republicans pick will win going away.

I don't like our side's chances this year--not for the governorship nor any of the congressional seats.

I'd be glad to be wrong...