11/07/2011
Nearly half of African-Americans remain optimistic, despite a stubbornly high black unemployment rate. And African-Americans are more enthusiastic about voting in 2012 than in previous elections.
A newly released NBC News/Wall Street Journal/theGrio.com poll finds that 49 percent of African-Americans feel the country is headed in the right direction, versus 38 percent who say the country is on the wrong track. That's a sharp contrast from recent polling which shows an overwhelming majority of all Americans who say the country is on the wrong track.
In addition, despite the negative effects of the recession on black households, half of African-American respondents say Obama's economic policies have improved the nation's economic conditions, versus 44 percent who say Obama's policies haven't made a difference.
An overwhelming 86 percent of African-Americans said they approve of the president's handling of the economy. By contrast, 57 percent of overall respondents disapprove of the president's handling of the economy, versus just 40 percent who approve.
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