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Politico’s Arresting, COMPLETELY UNSUPPORTED, claim about African-American voters.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  May 10th, 2012 at 12:00 PM  | 

RESIZE: AAA

(Via Hot Air) Specifically, North Carolinian voters on Tuesday’s Amendment One vote banning same-sex marriage:

African-Americans voted 2-1 in favor of the North Carolina amendment banning gay marriage Tuesday, but the White House is betting that black voters there and beyond will stick with the president, despite broad resistance to legalization.

…and that’s it. There’s no backup for that at all in the article. The question is of some interest – African-American opposition to California’s same-sex marriage laws gave social conservatives a completely unexpected victory on 2008′s Election Night – but if there are actual exit polls publicly available then I have yet to see them. For that matter, ABC News reported today (May 10, 2012) that there was no exit polling in North Carolina for Amendment One. At all.

So where did Politico get that number?

Moe Lane (crosspost)

PS: While we’re on the subject of not linking to things, the April Pew poll that Politico referenced can be found here. Opposition/Support for same-sex marriage among Black voters went from 63/26 in 2008 to 49/39. I am uncertain as to why they didn’t link to this poll…

Ah. Of course.  The author may have… issues… with the Second Amendment.

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  • clintonformccain

    …unnamed Obama administration or campaign officials.

  • http://reaganiterepublicanresistance.blogspot.com/ reaganiterepublicanresistance

    Obama thinks he still owns these people… but this time may be different,
    as hard reality of 25-50% real black unemployment hits

    Ruinously Incompetent Obama Regime is Black America’s Worst Enemy

  • forsythc

    If you look at the results from precincts which are overwhelmingly black in terms of registration (90%+) you see that the vote went against the amendment. In the 15 counties which have homogenous black precincts, the results were 7,019 for, 9,481 against (57%). In 12 of the 15 counties, the vote in black precincts was more strongly against than the results for the county as a whole (the three exceptions were Durham, Wake (Raleigh) and Hertford, where the differences were a few percentage points). In several mainly rural and small town counties, the only precincts to vote against the amendment were ones with high black precentages. So, the precinct information does not support the line that black voters were overwhelmingly in favor.