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This month The Washington Post conducted a poll (using a random sample 0f 1,020 people) asking one open-ended question: Why do most black voters so consistently support Democrats? Each party (Republican, Independent, Democratic) was asked the question, but each party provided a drastically different opinion as to why they believe African Americans vote for Democratic candidates.
Although “don’t know” was the leading response for all parties, a close second among Republicans was that black voters are dependent on government or seeking a hand out. On the other hand, Democrats cited the reason being that their party addresses issues of poverty. Lastly, Independents cited support of welfare/entitlements/healthcare.
The additional responses Republicans gave are: Supportive of welfare/entitlements, Parents voted Democratic/taught to vote democratic, Uninformed/ignorant/uneducated, and More helpful to African Americans. The additional responses Democrats gave are: More helpful to African Americans/ Party represents average people/workers over business, Issue of civil rights/help minorities, and Democrats more helpful to society as a whole. The additional responses Independents gave are: Government dependents/want something for nothing/welfare, Issues of poverty/help poor/represent little guy, More helpful to African Americans, Issue of civil rights/help minorities.
Exit polls from 2008 reveal that 90% of GOP voters were white. Nonwhite voters favored Obama over Romney by better than three to one in a Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation poll from early August; 74% of Latino voters and 90% of African Americans support President Obama. Although this year’s Republican National Convention featured prominent African American figures; Mia Love, Artur Davis, and Condoleeza Rice, only 2% of convention delegates were African American. According to an analysis by David Bositis of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, only two members of the 165-member RNC are black and that none of the leaders of the committees responsible for drafting the GOP platform and adopting the convention rules are black.
waterboy
March 5, 2013 at 10:38 pm
Majority of all minorities have always consistently voted for democrats. The first reason is that the democrats have bought the votes with the promise of entitlements… welfare, healthcare. etc…
Second reason is that the democrats sell these block of voters on this bullshit story that the rich don’t pay their fair share of taxes. If this is true then who the h**l pays the majority of the taxes, the last time I checked if your receiving any assistance from the Govt. you do not pay any or very little federal /state taxes.
I don’t have a problem with americans helping fellow americans, BUT if you keep having children that you cant afford to feed and cloth, turn down an avaliable job because unemployment pays more, then YOU are part of the problem with this country. At least have some self dignity and try to help yourself first before waiting for the rest of us to feed, raise, and educate your children. I for one have always lived check to check and I feed, raise, and pay for my own kids. Sad part is that now I have to pay for you and yours. I got an idea why don’t I add all of your kids to my tax refund under dependants so I can get the money your stealing from the working american people. And for the ones who won’t work lets send your sorry a*s to another country, then we can lessen the burden here in the USA.
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ST
September 17, 2012 at 7:44 pm
That’s because people who generally follow Republicans are Tea Partiers, Racists, FOX News watchers and the White working poor (you know, the kind that votes against it’s own self interest). Although,the rich are also in this category, You’re generally dealing with low-information, low IQ voters. A report has already been done on this. Most of these people also believe President Obama is a Muslin. The only reason anyone would believe such things, is if they don’t pay attention to facts. They DON’T WANT to pay attention to facts. Facts don’t serve them well. It’s time for Blacks to stop defending themselves against people like these. We have nothing to be defensive about. If we play into this mentality, we will still be defending ourselves 50 years from now.
Michael Lofton
September 10, 2012 at 3:30 am
President Barack Obama and/or elected black leaders are doing an outstanding job of destroying his or her own credibility through having contempt for the oath of office, contempt for the Constitution, etc., etc.
……which in some instances has resulted in long standing black Democratic Party members abandoning the Democratic Party to become members of the Republican Party, the Tea Party, you name it!
The black community has been controlled by the Democratic Party and it’s inept leaders, many of them being self serving and elitist black elected officials…..
Web Sources:
1. Ceyseau and Inept Leaders
2. CNN i-Report: It is Definitely not the Black Underclass or Working Class Who have Failed or Who are Truly Disgraceful!
3. CNN i-Report: Senator Kevin De León, I Thank You for Doing Your Job as an Elected Official. The same is not True as it Concerns President Obama, Clarence Thomas, the Congressional Black Clueless, and other Elected Officials or Public Servants!
4. CNN i-Report: President Barack Obama…the Statute of Liberty, the U.S. Constitution, the 14th Amendment is for the Benefit of U.S. Citizens and Legal Immigrants and not Illegal Immigrants and Anchor Babies!
5. CNN i-Report: In Many Instances it is Agents and Officials of Government Who have been Criminal or Unethical and not the Actual Black Men, Women, or Siblings Jailed, Fined, Violated or Victimized by Serious Wrongs of Government!
6. CNN i-Report: 2016 The Movie – A Look Behind Obama’s Anti-American Mask
7. You Tube video: “A conversation between President Obama and the black community” Published on Jun 7, 2012 by drboycewatkins
8. YouTube: “Demon-crats, & their Negro slaves” published on Jul 4, 2012 by 5723michael
9. CNN i-Report: Congresswoman Waters and other CBC Members Only Bring Up the Constitution When They Need Help!
10: CNN i-Report: Black Elected Leaders are Unethical, Inept, Sleazy, and Despotic
11. YouTube: “Stupid Blacks Who Still Support Obama”Published on Apr 26, 2012 by Whateverhappentocomm
The black community continues to be the most unrepresented, misrepresented, void of competent representation, poverty stricken, un-American community within the U.S.
This is not to give the Republican Party a free pass, because the Republican Party has its own brand of misfits/sellout blacks to keep the black community in check, the most infamous one being U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
Michael Lofton
September 10, 2012 at 2:39 am
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-838475
The black community continues to be the most unrepresented, misrepresented, void of competent representation, poverty stricken, un-American community within the U.S.
This is not to give the Republican Party a free pass, because the Republican Party has its own brand of misfits/sellout blacks to keep the black community in check, the most infamous one being U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
Michael Lofton
September 10, 2012 at 2:30 am
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-814262
The black community has been controlled by the Democratic Party and it’s inept leaders, many of them being self serving and elitist black elected officials………
Web Sources:
1. Ceyseau and Inept Leaders
2. CNN i-Report: It is Definitely not the Black Underclass or Working Class Who have Failed or Who are Truly Disgraceful!
3. CNN i-Report: Senator Kevin De León, I Thank You for Doing Your Job as an Elected Official. The same is not True as it Concerns President Obama, Clarence Thomas, the Congressional Black Clueless, and other Elected Officials or Public Servants!
4. CNN i-Report: President Barack Obama…the Statute of Liberty, the U.S. Constitution, the 14th Amendment is for the Benefit of U.S. Citizens and Legal Immigrants and not Illegal Immigrants and Anchor Babies!
5. CNN i-Report: In Many Instances it is Agents and Officials of Government Who have been Criminal or Unethical and not the Actual Black Men, Women, or Siblings Jailed, Fined, Violated or Victimized by Serious Wrongs of Government!
6. CNN i-Report: 2016 The Movie – A Look Behind Obama’s Anti-American Mask
7. You Tube video: “A conversation between President Obama and the black community” Published on Jun 7, 2012 by drboycewatkins
8. YouTube: “Demon-crats, & their Negro slaves” published on Jul 4, 2012 by 5723michael
9. CNN i-Report: Congresswoman Waters and other CBC Members Only Bring Up the Constitution When They Need Help!
10: CNN i-Report: Black Elected Leaders are Unethical, Inept, Sleazy, and Despotic
11. YouTube: “Stupid Blacks Who Still Support Obama”Published on Apr 26, 2012 by Whateverhappentocomm
The black community continues to be the most unrepresented, misrepresented, void of competent representation, poverty stricken, un-American community within the U.S.
This is not to give the Republican Party a free pass, because the Republican Party has its own brand of misfits/sellout blacks to keep the black community in check, the most infamous one being U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
AMAZINGGRACE
September 1, 2012 at 10:23 pm
The republicans are only for
Special Interest Groups and nothing more. The democrats are for The People and nothing less. Always remember this and don’t forget to VOTE. The People are depending on it.
AMAZINGGRACE
September 1, 2012 at 10:23 pm
The republicans are only for
Special Interest Groups and nothing more. The democrats are for The People and nothing less. Always remember this and don’t forget to VOTE. The People are depending on it.
Greg
September 1, 2012 at 5:52 pm
That welfare justification is junk science. This is a cover. It is an excuse for ” I hate blacks.’ It is also another way of admitting I do not know black people. The giveawayy is that they say this without any rational way of backing it up. Plus, they are the biggest participants of welfaroe on all levels. There are too many whites who really draw a blank about the subject of black folls. I bet they would be the same white people who resent all of the money that black professional athletes receive.
Francene Botts-Butler
September 1, 2012 at 5:10 pm
I don’t know who they survey, but it wasn’t anyone that could answer. I am an African-American, college educated veteran. No one in my family or my cirle of friends believe that they are entitled to government help. If Teapublicans truly view Social Security as a handout, please quit taking it out of my check. I have worked since I was 14 and have paid into social security for 40 years, so yes I expect to reap what I have sown. We were told that if we paid into this system that we would have a pension when we turned a certain age. Full retirement has already been extended until the younger Boomers are 67/68. Do I vote Democrat? Yes. Have I ever voted for a Republican? Yes, and the reason is because when I listened to what both candidates were saying, the Republican candidate made more sense and represented my interest. Since the late 1990s, most Republicans have gone so far right that they appear to be crazy. When race-baiting, Willie Horton, “legitimate rape,’” or even distinguishing between different rapes becomes the party’s platform, I can not in good conscious vote for these radical candidates. I can’t vote for candidates that would do (drastically change his rhetorical from 1994 to present like Romney) to outright lying (like Ryan about the Janesville Plant) anything to be nominated to run for election. What this says is that they do not really believe in what they are saying but rather, are doing what is expedient. I also am not an ignorant voter that does not understand or know what the issues are. Education, the economy, the wars are all things that need to be address. However, when Senator Mitch McConnell, my former Kentucky Senator, stated that his entire effort from 2008-2012 was to ensure that President Obama succeeded at nothing, we the people of Kentucky should have voted him out of office. So yes, I am sick and tired of politicians on both sides of the aisle doing nothing just to one-up each other. The only thing Clint Eastwood got right the other night is that the Senators, Representatives, President and local and state officials work for us. The “us” does include African-Americans, the poor, women and all who would be disenfranchised by a vote for Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan.
Rod S.
September 1, 2012 at 3:41 pm
The reason that black folk vote over 90% Democratic is that a huge percentage of Republikkkans don’t like blacks, period. It has nothing to do with wanting to get ‘free handouts’ or whatever. Republicans need to leave that old stereotype alone–most blacks just want to earn a decent living for themselves and their families–just like everyone else–and they want jobs, not handouts. It makes most Republikkkans comfortable to justify their hatred of black people by saying that they all want ‘welfare’, or ‘free handouts’. Maybe when black people can go the the RNC without having peanuts thrown on them and being called ‘animals’ will they start to join the Republikkkan party.
Greg
September 1, 2012 at 5:58 pm
The reason that black folk vote over 90% Democratic is that a huge percentage of Republikkkans don’t like blacks, period. It has nothing to do with wanting to get ‘free handouts’ or whatever.
I did not read your blog before I posted mine behind you. We have noticed the same thing. All of those junk science theroies on how republicans hate black are bs. None of it is true in fact. They hate us because that is what they are. There is no rational reason behind it. It is the makeup of certain white people. They look for justifications from there. That is the end of it.
ST
September 1, 2012 at 3:19 pm
Of course they do! Why do you think the Republican candidates are pushing the welfare lie about President Obama? It’s a political tactic. It doesn’t have to be true. The Republican pollsters (just like Democrats) poll to see how people think. They find out their public’s buttons and push them as hard and as often as it takes to reach their goal: Getting elected!
Sure Thing
September 1, 2012 at 1:37 pm
@Edward Smikle…
“You can go back further it started ever since the Judio Christian took control of the world some 2000 years ago, and dehumanized black people.”
You should know that people who claim to be Christians, and dehumanize other people, are not Christians, nor do they follow the Bible. Your remakrs concerining Moses and the Prophets led me to wonder if you were attacking them as being murderers or if you were saying they were murdered. You should know that Moses was black, which is why he was able to be easily taken in by pharoah’s daughter and accepted by her father as being her biological child, because all of egypt as well as all of the people that existed on the planet up to the tower of babel were black. Furthermore, if you read Revalations chapter 1 verse 15, you will see that Jesus Christ when He was on earth was black as well (even though John saw Him in His glorified state).
Again, I am not sure if you are attacking Christianity, but if you are you are out of order here. Man is the one who has taken the truth and distorted it, as a result of the devil’s suggestions to man because one of the devil’s goal is to distort the image of God (Jesus Christ), while trying to keep the truth hidden.
And yes God did create everyone, but you have to remember that people have free will, and it is the responsibility of people (good people) to refute and prevent bad people from their wicked intentions. And yes God is moving, I am a witness to that; and just because some folks don’t see the Lord moving when He is moving, does not mean He is not moving.
Sure Thing
September 1, 2012 at 1:09 pm
Amazing. So much dislike and hatred against black americans and against black people from other countries, from a country(USA)that built by african americans, in and out of slavery.
The hatred and racism are unwarranted (not that racism can ever be warranted). It is sad. The unwarranted hatred for african americans is so deep, that children in grammar schools are not even taught about the many important things that blacks did for this country (USA). I was not taught in school that Garret Morgan (a black inventor) invented a device that is used by nearly every single country on the planet…the stop light (I learned that from 1980s rap music when rap was educational and made sense). Garret Morgan also invented the gas mask for world war 1 soldiers. Nor was I taught in school that Madam CJ Walker invented a device that is used by many people today(both male and female)…the straightening comb. She also invented many other things as well. Nor was I taught in school that a black doctor invented and conducted the first successful open heart surgey…Dr. Daniel Hale Williams.
As for the welfare thing, aren’t the majority of people on welfare white americans? People tend to forget that ther are southern states that make up the 50 states of the USA.
Racism in america is so deep, that even the USA Olympic Basketball Team, who won every game in the 2012 olympics and won the gold for the USA, were called thugs by bloggers (while playing in the olympics). The anger that engulfs certain people whenever they see a successful/productive, smiling black man is outrageous.
When I graduated with my degree in acounting (in NY), I kept my robe and hat on, as a way of proving that the stereotype that black men are uneducated and are ciminals is nothing but a lie. As my family and I walked to the restaurant to celebrate I received pounds (hand shakes/fist bumps) and a congrats from black men, who I did not know and never saw before, while white males and white females stared at me as if I was an alien from mars.
If anyone is interested, I placed a link below so you see the many different blacks who were inventors and scientist and put america on the map…
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmscientists1.html
DeShae McKinnon
September 1, 2012 at 12:53 pm
Throughout the history of the U.S., what some people fail to realize and/or to remember is that initially,it was the GOP that considered the interests of the American citizens and/or promoted or advocated their causes to an extent, while the opposite political party tried and/or exerted efforts to undermine the GOP’s efforts. Subsequently, the roles of the respective parties, tended to reverse overtime, due to various reasons, including varied ideologies,civil unrests or movements,elected officials and/or legislative/ legislative actions or non-actions,regarding the socio-economical status of African Americans. Therefore,currently, it appears that the Democratic Party, to a higher degree, encompasses or advocates concerns or interests of the entirety of Americans, inclusive of African Americans. However, I think that any benefits that African Americans receive for any reasons,the price has been paid in excess, at least,by ancestors’ blood, sweat, and tears, to build this country,whereby, they did not have the leisure of walking through Ellis Island, discretionally. Meanwhile, to some extent, everyone relies and/or will eventually, rely on the welfare state and/or social capitalism, inherently built into a mixed economy. However, in actuality, statistics support that African Americans receive less welfare benefits than others.
Edward Smikle
September 1, 2012 at 12:20 pm
Please let me explain something to the readers of this publication. I know what the republican NAZIES think about us, but what do we think of ourselves?.
Unfartunately if we think much of ourselves, we would educate ourselves on our own history of IGNORANCE. If we respect ourselves we would read the history of what the Europeans have done to us, and keep doing up to this day. Example, if we read the BERLIN CONFERENCE, held 1884-85, we would know that the Europeans got together and devided up the continent of Africa amongs themselves, and exploited the riches of our people uder Colonization, another form of SLAVERY. And we accept it and live under that kind of treatment, and grinning like ediots, singing and dancing around like fools.In todays operation we can see that western UN-CIVILIZATION, is on the verge of collaspe, so the western oppressor under the Obama administration decide to expand the group used to be called the G-8 to the G=20. This group are the richest nation in the world. They are the nations who decides if a nation go bankrupt or survive.They control the International Monitary Funds(IMF)and the world bank, and in many cases used these two organization to keep the rest of the world under their thumbs, through economic sanctions.As well as The North Atlasntic Treaty Organization, (NATO) the military wing. In order for the western nation to survive, maintain themselves thay have to exploit the rest of the developing world. Mostly the black world. They exploit the natural resources, and where most of these resources are located?. On the CONTINENT OF AFRICA. This System is the continuation of the criminality of Slavery which leads up to the Berlin Conference of 1884-85. You can go back further it started ever since the Judio Christian took control of the world some 2000 years ago, and dehumanized black people. They can treat us which ever way they want because we will not read our history, because we only read what they tell us about ourselves. And this will never change until we educate ourselves on what has been done to us and continue up to this day.
If you go back and look at the G20 group of nations, you will see the connection. There there is only one African nation among the group of nations on the list. That one nation is South Africa, all the others are outside of Africa. The only reason why South Africa is included is because there is a large white population in South Africa.
I will provide the list to you bacause most of us do not know anything about the G20.
The list consist of Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Mexico,China, India, Japan,Indonesia, South Korea,
South Africa, Saudia Arabia,Rossia, Turkey,Canada,United States, England, France,Germany, Italy. These are these nations that make up the G20. These are the nations that control the world economy. Most of the natural resource that they need to maintain themselves come from the CONTINENT of Africa. But since we don’t control our own resources because we are a devided people. We do not think,for ourselves we do not work together, and most of all we HATE each other therefore we HATE OURSELVES.And that is the reason why the republican NAZIES, can say whatever they want to say about us, and do to us whatever they want because we do not think above our waist, we think below our waist.
Stop complaining and stop being indoctrination by the Judio/Christian Indoctrination. Read the Old Testiment and begin to understand that all the Prophets starting with Moses, were murderer. Moses said that they are God chosen people, well was God a racist?. I have always believed he made us all, so why would he chose one group over the other?. They said CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS, well who killed Christ?. Pepole for God sake, begin to think and get angry, and organize yourself.
Because as the system collapse, these people will be going to Africa,to take what they want, because we are preaccupied, killing each other, and not paying attention to who is reaponsible for our problems mainly HATERIGE. and they are not above killing black people to maintain themselves. The only fools out there is us, joining with our oppressors and helping them to destroy ourselves.Think on these things, and let you mind be FREE.Dont be upset about what they said, but thing about yourself and asked yourself what have I been doing to free myself of these evil doers.
richard
September 1, 2012 at 12:08 pm
Although I’m reading the results of this poll and not privy to the ‘contents’ of this poll, it reinforces a notion that many blacks (intellectual or not) hold to be true, the “cultural continuum” and “white supremacy”. Its like the “his-story-ian”, the poll is “his” to do and steer as they see fit, and in this case it is to reinforce all the negative portrayal depicted about blacks. White America have a ‘compounded psychological” problem of “fear, insecurity, guilt and shame”. Unfortunately because they have “designed” the institutions that reinforces their racial biases and neglects rational objectivity and plausible cures, they can’t see their own problem nor can they resolve its damaging effects. Its like a patient with a malignant growth but unable to operate own oneself and unwilling to let someone “outside” of themselves perform the needed treatment to resolve their problem. Their insecurity and fear causes them to “act” the way they do and their “natural tendency” is to ‘tear down, destroy, malign and misrepresent. Dr. King once stated it very clearly in one of his speeches during the 1960′s civil-rights era addressing his audience he said in describing the actions of white society and change, “…our sick white brothers..”
Elizabeth
September 1, 2012 at 12:06 pm
I pulled govt. stats this week to see what percentage of each race receives welfare and it was 39.9% of African-Americans and 38.3% of whites which is a little over 1% difference. The lowest group was Asians at 4%. Latinos were around 23% with all other races between 5-22%. So, unfortunately this is high for African-Americans who according to the last census make up on 12-14% of the U.S. population.
Also, in the white group most recipients are white girls with interacial babies and seniors, however in the African-American group most recipients are teen girls with children, and seniors who have been receiving benefits for years.
So, what can we do about it? Keep our youth in school, keep our teen girls pregnancy free, I wish I had a better answer, but it is so out of control until I don’t know how to fix it.
DaddyAr
September 1, 2012 at 11:53 am
I believe that most Black People vote Democrat because within the republican agenda there is always some form of racial undertone. Reagan gave the welfare queen story, the first Bush gave the Willie Horton story, and the last Bush use Condi Rice, who was shown to have no political experieince. Each republican canidate goes towards race baiting in their run, and Black People always on the receiving end of societies hate. We can distinguish what the real meaning behind the words that are being said.
AMAZINGGRACE
September 1, 2012 at 11:25 am
I personally dislike welfare, but there may come a time in everybody’s life when assistance is our survival until we get back on our feet. This poll is full of holes…It only justify’s republicans distain for big government. I vote for the best candidate at the time of the voting process. The candidate that appears to have an appreciation for the Entire Fabric Of America, not just Certain Parts of America. It’ a Melting Pot, not a Segregated Stew.
Eric
September 1, 2012 at 10:34 am
Yes we as blacks vote for Democrats. The Dixiecrats left the party after the 1964 Civil Rights Bill was put into law. This is where the Republicans get their Southern strategy. Any black person that sides with them is a token and they make me sick to my stomach.
David2001
September 1, 2012 at 9:12 am
Black people are probably the most analyzed people in America. White working class, poor whites and white seniors continually vote against their interest by voting republican. The republican party flirts with the ideal of privatizing social security and dumb white seniors still vote for them. Working class whites took to the streets supporting tax cuts for those making 200,000 or more even though they don’t make anywhere need that amount a money a year. Now that’s something they ought to take a poll about. What’s interesting in this survey is that white so call independents are just as racist and narrow minded as white republicans. The main thing I see in this poll is that most white republicans vote that way because they’re racist against blacks.
Renee
September 1, 2012 at 8:31 am
Why not do a poll asking black Americans why do white Americans vote Republican? I don’t understand this piece. What was the point of doing a survey obsessing about the voting pattern or habits of black Americans? Is it for the sake of national conversation to once again demean, belittle, and distort the “lack of critical” thinking skills whites seem to believe blacks posess? It’s interesting because the individuals who posess this lack of critical thinking skills and appear to vote purely on race/hate are white Americans. The people most dependent on welfare and handouts are poor whites and predominately white corporate executives. Maybe someone should tell white people (sense they are hellbent on putting us into a category of box) that black Americans vote for the candidate who represent the best solutions and ideas for the country. Nothing more or less. I know it’s hard for them because Lord knows whites depend on these surveys to tell them about black people so their brains won’t have to work overtime into trying to see us as (gasp) human beings.
cyd
September 1, 2012 at 8:18 am
Teapublicans… party of the ignoramuses. And the platform works which is why they are using this racist tactic to convince white folks to vote NOT in their own best interest. Romney made a Fraudian slip during the speech and said how he wants to run the US ‘company’. Folks in his own party called him a vulture capitalist.
Derrick
September 1, 2012 at 3:23 pm
When it comes to welfare, perceptions have often trumped reality. Among the facts:
The Gingrich critics point out accurately that, “there are more whites on the food stamp rolls than blacks”.
“Though blacks are disproportionately represented among food stamp recipients, far more whites receive such assistance. When recipients identified themselves by race in 2010, 34 percent were white, 22 percent were black and 16 were percent Hispanic”, the Agriculture Department said.
GET OFF YOUR LAZY a***s, YOU CAUCASOIDS, AND STOP RIPING THE SYSTEM OFF!!!
THIS IS THE PROOF Y’ALL REALLY NEED TO KNOW, WHO REALLY ARE THE TRUE WELFARE RECIPIENTS….AND THEY AIN’T BLACK!!!