What has voting for Obama at a 95% rate gotten blacks?

Not much...

Via National Review:

The percentage of Americans below the poverty line inched up, the latest available Census Bureau data found, from 14.3 to 14.5 percent overall — between 2009 and 2013. For black Americans, that climb was steeper: The 25.8 percent in poverty rose to 27.2 percent. 

 

Real median household incomes across America retreated across those years, from $54,059 to $51,939. Though less pronounced, such finances also reversed for black Americans, from $35,387 to $34,598. 

 

Food Stamp recipients between 2009 and 2013, the most recent Department of Agriculture figures show, rose from 32.9 million to 47.1 million Americans. Meanwhile, the equivalent number of blacks soared from 7.4 million to 12.2 million. 

 

Home ownership slipped from 67.3 percent of Americans in the first quarter of 2009 to 64.0 in the fourth quarter of 2014. For blacks, that figure slid from 46.1 to 42.1 percent.

A hopey-changey feeling is so much better than jobs, homes and real income. 

Demos hoping for huge black vote turnout to avoid “crushing Democratic losses across the country”

I struggle to comprehend black voters support of democrats. If you look at the black unemployment number, decline in family income and lower home ownership rates since Obama was elected, support for democrats looks foolish.

WASHINGTON — The confidential memo from a former pollster for President Obama contained a blunt warning for Democrats. Written this month with an eye toward Election Day, it predicted “crushing Democratic losses across the country” if the party did not do more to get black voters to the polls.

“African-American surge voters came out in force in 2008 and 2012, but they are not well positioned to do so again in 2014,” Cornell Belcher, the pollster, wrote in the memo, dated Oct. 1. “In fact, over half aren’t even sure when the midterm elections are taking place.”

Mr. Belcher’s assessment points to an urgent imperative for Democrats: To keep Republicans from taking control of the Senate, as many are predicting, they need black voters in at least four key states. Yet the one politician guaranteed to generate enthusiasm among African Americans is the same man many Democratic candidates want to avoid: Mr. Obama.

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Desperation: Demos try to use Ferguson to rally blacks in 2014 midterms...

Never let a good crisis go to waste...

Via NY Times

With their Senate majority imperiled, Democrats are trying to mobilize African-Americans outraged by the shooting in Ferguson, Mo., to help them retain control of at least one chamber of Congress for President Obama’s final two years in office.
In black churches and on black talk radio, African-American civic leaders have begun invoking the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, along with conservative calls to impeach Mr. Obama, as they urge black voters to channel their anger by voting Democratic in the midterm elections, in which minority turnout is typically lower.
“Ferguson has made it crystal clear to the African-American community and others that we’ve got to go to the polls,” said Representative John Lewis, Democrat of Georgia and a civil-rights leader. “You participate and vote, and you can have some control over what happens to your child and your country.”
The push is an attempt to counter Republicans’ many advantages in this year’s races, including polls that show Republican voters are much more engaged in the elections at this point — an important predictor of turnout.

After dozens of black youth knockout whites, the Obama administration finally files hate-crimes charge

The Obama administration waited for a white youth to knockout a black person. It seems some of us are more equal than others in the eyes of Obama and Eric Holder.

Via The Washington Times:

The Obama administration filed a federal hate-crimes charge Thursday against a man whom authorities accused of using the “knockout game” to target a black man, videotaping it, and then bragging about the assault to strangers.

The charge marks the first time the administration has taken action on a “knockout” case after the game became an Internet and media phenomenon. It chose a case in which the person accused is white, even though most other cases reported in the news have involved black assailants.

In this case, the man accused is 27-year-old Conrad Alvin Barrett, who the Justice Department says attacked a 79-year-old black man in Fulshear, Texas, just west of Houston. Justice Department officials said they brought the case to make a point about hate crimes.

Gallup poll: Obama hits new approval low among blacks

The "Messiah" is down to 79% approval among blacks.

(CNS News) — For the second straight week, President Barack Obama’s job approval has dropped to a new low among blacks, according to the Gallup poll.

In the week that ended on Oct. 16, Obama’s approval was 79 percent among blacks. That was down from the previous low of 80 percent in the week that ended on Oct. 9.

In the week that ended on Oct. 2, Obama’s approval among blacks had been 85 percent.
Obama’s highest approval among blacks was 96 percent, a level he achieved in five different weeks of 2009.

Heartache: Obama's Approval Among Blacks Drops to All-Time Low

Only 81% of black Americans think President Obama is doing a god job.

(CNSNews.com) — President Barack Obama’s job approval tied its all-time low among black Americans last week, according to the Gallup poll.

When asked by Gallup in the week of Aug. 8–14 whether they approved of the way Obama was handling his job as president, a record-low 81 percent of blacks surveyed said that they did. Back in the week of Feb. 28–March 6, Obama’s approval among blacks also dropped to as low as 81 percent.

After that, Obama’s approval among black Americans had rebounded to as high as 91 percent in Gallup polling conducted the week of May 9–15 of this year.

I guess they found out they still have to buy overpriced gas and pay their mortgage.

Hope and Change Fail: Unemployment Rate Among Blacks At Depression-Era Levels…

 You get what you vote for...

Are Blacks and Hispanics losing that hopey-changey feeling?

Support for President Obama among Blacks and Hispanics has hit a new low.

(LA Times)- Once monolithic, blacks’ support for the first African American president is still. . . . immense. But for unclear reasons it’s declined about 7% from well above 90% to 85% in March. That’s a new low since Obama’s inauguration 26 months ago.

Equally ominous for Obama in 2012, his approval among Hispanics, the nation’s fastest-growing demographic, has also fallen to again tie his term low of 54%. That’s a drop of 11 points from its early high of 65%.