Politics aside, does Barack Obama's race make him a more or less attractive candidate to you?

by SodaHead Politics Posted 2008/09/22 22:55:11

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	Barack Obama's race is a plus for me: A vote for Obama is a vote against racism.	897 votes	14%
	Barack Obama's race makes me less likely to vote for him because...	597 votes	10%
	Barack Obama's race is irrelevant in my view of him as a presidential candidate.	4,731 votes	76%

Barack Obama's race makes his battle for the presidency an uphill one, a poll suggests. According to the poll, Obama would receive about 6 more percentage points if there was no racial prejudice. The main reason is that 40 percent of white Americans have at least a partly negative view toward blacks. In an interview on "60 Minutes", Obama said that there may be people voting for him because of his race, potentially negating the effect of those who vote against him based on race. However, the former effect may be negligible, as Democrats typically get close to 90 percent of the African-American vote.

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oldglow 2008/09/25 03:19:40

Barack Obama's race is irrelevant in my view of him as a presidential candidate.

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Barack Obama is head and shoulders above Mccain in so many ways that if he were purple with pink polka dots, I would still vote for him. Who cares what color he is. I'm more interested in his intelligence, his calmness under pressure and his understanding of what it's like for those who are struggling to deal with our economy that is currently in shambles...thanks to eight years of the Bush administration.
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Holliegirl11 2008/11/20 04:03:47

Barack Obama's race is irrelevant in my view of him as a presidential candidate.

I judge people as individuals.

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Paul 2008/11/19 20:36:53

Barack Obama's race makes me less likely to vote for him because...

of his liberal tendencies

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Inspector Gadget 2008/11/19 15:25:26

Barack Obama's race is irrelevant in my view of him as a presidential candidate.

I just don't like socialism

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JOE 2008/11/18 17:22:31
Jeffreyd63 2008/11/17 23:06:54

Barack Obama's race is irrelevant in my view of him as a presidential candidate.

I supported Alan Keyes several years ago and dearly want Condi Rice to run for Pres.

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legit08 2008/11/17 15:17:18

Barack Obama's race is a plus for me: A vote for Obama is a vote against racism.

It's not the most important thing BY FAR but he can represent majority of the people and he is also very cultured so I think that he knows a bit of what different races are going through and what issues hold a lot of weight in their eyes and America as a whole.

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Jeannie 2008/11/17 03:39:41

Barack Obama's race is irrelevant in my view of him as a presidential candidate.

he is marxist.

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PATTYPAT 2008/11/16 14:11:31

Barack Obama's race is irrelevant in my view of him as a presidential candidate.

i would have voted for Condi

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negra 2008/11/16 07:59:58

Barack Obama's race is a plus for me: A vote for Obama is a vote against racism.

i don't want to sound racist for white people, but i really think that to have an african american for president of a very influent country is something that is going to live in history, the first african american president in the united states of america in 2008, that is something that makes me happy... there won't be more coments of a racist gobernment no more.

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upinthetrees 2008/11/16 02:18:57

Barack Obama's race is irrelevant in my view of him as a presidential candidate.

How can he be the first black pres. when he is half white.

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JOE to upinthe... 2008/11/18 17:27:52
nereman 2008/11/15 18:22:25

Barack Obama's race is irrelevant in my view of him as a presidential candidate.

totally unqualified

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MJ 2008/11/15 17:05:59

Barack Obama's race is irrelevant in my view of him as a presidential candidate.

Imagine all the people living life in peace!

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ohmandyk 2008/11/15 15:28:25

Barack Obama's race is irrelevant in my view of him as a presidential candidate.

I do not see him as a black man for he does not fit the normal role of a black man. To me is more of a white man with 19%black in him.

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docsmythe 2008/11/15 06:51:18

Barack Obama's race is irrelevant in my view of him as a presidential candidate.

what has he done in the past nothing but screw up chicago

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gongo 2008/11/15 02:25:26

Barack Obama's race is irrelevant in my view of him as a presidential candidate.

However, I love that Barack Obama is black! This moves us forward on so many levels.

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mr.beautiful 2008/11/14 14:57:04

Barack Obama's race makes me less likely to vote for him because...

ih كس امكم يا امريكا

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Sam 2008/11/14 04:26:28

Barack Obama's race is irrelevant in my view of him as a presidential candidate.

I would not vote for anyone that I couldn't get an answer from, including his birth certificate, college papers, student loan applications, and on and on!

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Leo 2008/11/14 02:33:12

Barack Obama's race is irrelevant in my view of him as a presidential candidate.

Shouldn't we be evolved enough to be beyond that now?

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borndemcrat_educatedrepublican 2008/11/14 02:05:59

Barack Obama's race is irrelevant in my view of him as a presidential candidate.

It is irrelevant to me becuase but to probably half of the people that voted for him it was a huge deal. There were millions of people that just voted for him because of his race. Now people will begin to see that there is a reverse racism trend in the US. White people have to be politically correct where ever they are while black people can damn "Whitey" with no retribution. There were millions of white people that voted Obama just to prove that they were not racist. The news played the "Bradley effect" card so good that it was actually resulted in a reverse effect. But I would not have voted for him even if he looked like white Victoria Secret model becuase I disagree with his political view.

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mcrfan 2008/11/13 23:48:56

Barack Obama's race is irrelevant in my view of him as a presidential candidate.

It doesn't matter what color he is. It matters what he wants to do with this country...and frankly, what he wants to do is not good. at all.

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Tay 2008/11/13 21:43:52

Barack Obama's race is irrelevant in my view of him as a presidential candidate.

However his coddling of unsavory characters...

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jen 2008/11/13 19:12:03

Barack Obama's race is irrelevant in my view of him as a presidential candidate.

Plus he is not even black he is only like 6 % in order to be categorized as black you have to be at least 12%

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Cinnuint™ 2008/11/13 15:57:04

Barack Obama's race is irrelevant in my view of him as a presidential candidate.

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This is just an inane question. Since when does the color of our skin relegate what our views, opinions, or ideas are???? And not only that, but in this instance, the man running, Obama, is more Caucasian than he is Arab, or Black. But he seems to favor his 6.25% black over his 50% Caucasian or his 43.75% Arab. (Arab is a race, it's also a language ~ Arabic, but it is not a religion). But, that is his heritage and also his perogative to favor one over the other. So, yeah, this is just an ignorant question. One's race should not be used to judge them one way or the other.

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Bubita 2008/11/13 15:14:34

Barack Obama's race is irrelevant in my view of him as a presidential candidate.

How true. There are plenty of reasons to fear this fake, something superficial as "skin color" isn't one of them!

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Little_Lotte 2008/11/13 14:20:03

Barack Obama's race is irrelevant in my view of him as a presidential candidate.

His skin color won't be running the country, his inexperienced mind is! And remeber guys, he is HALF WHITE! Most folks tend to forget that pesky detail. Oh, and remember how he was raised by his WHITE grandmother in a WHITE household? This guy is whiter than apple pie.

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dream-hair! 2008/11/13 13:22:48

Barack Obama's race is irrelevant in my view of him as a presidential candidate.

it doesn't matter about the race, it matters about the policies THE POLICE DURRR and you know your going to come (eww) second anyway because im faster than you at races

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talkypoo 2008/11/13 09:03:25

Barack Obama's race is irrelevant in my view of him as a presidential candidate.

however, his religion, or past religions have swayed me towards whitey (mccain). i can't vote for someone who is or was a MUSLIM.

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Ernie 2008/11/13 01:50:40

Barack Obama's race is irrelevant in my view of him as a presidential candidate.

What he claims for through his pronouncements and my perception of his capacity to get anything accomplished is what I look at.

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I P Freely 2008/11/13 01:01:25

Barack Obama's race is irrelevant in my view of him as a presidential candidate.

He is a dumb ass nigger!

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weeziegrl 2008/11/12 22:02:57

Barack Obama's race is irrelevant in my view of him as a presidential candidate.

I am moslty voting for him because I saw a spark of an intelligent, charasmatic and global leader who will has a world view. I also believe he will help advance minority causes particularly for blacks and has the best chance of improving our global image because he as actually lived in a foreign country. I don't believe we should ever again have another president who hasn't lived outside the U.S. for at least a year or more.

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--BeAuTiFuL-PaIn-- 2008/11/12 20:09:03

Barack Obama's race is a plus for me: A vote for Obama is a vote against racism.

I am not a race chooser racism is bad i pitty people that are like that.

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badjon 2008/11/12 19:54:59

Barack Obama's race is irrelevant in my view of him as a presidential candidate.

I simply think he will do a better job than McSame.

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Monica Low Winky 2008/11/12 19:25:27

Barack Obama's race is irrelevant in my view of him as a presidential candidate.

because he is the smartest candidate that ever ran for President

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Xuvy 2008/11/12 16:10:36

Barack Obama's race is irrelevant in my view of him as a presidential candidate.

conspiracy nuts still think JKF and Elvis are alive and some think they've been anally probed by aleins....PULEEEZE

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Cavalier62 2008/11/12 05:57:26

Barack Obama's race is irrelevant in my view of him as a presidential candidate.

Black or white, he is a corrupt piece of XXXX.

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Moderated 2008/11/12 05:56:01

Barack Obama's race is irrelevant in my view of him as a presidential candidate.

WTF does his color have anything to do with what kind of person he is. He's just another Uncle Tom.

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Kendra 2008/11/12 03:28:06

Barack Obama's race is irrelevant in my view of him as a presidential candidate.

color doesnt matter

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prplehaiz 2008/11/12 01:40:17

Barack Obama's race is irrelevant in my view of him as a presidential candidate.

Obama's race is definitely a historic plus, but definitely not the reason why I voted for him. I, like many other americans, just want change. I want to see American flourish again and maintain its superpower status, not only for the wealthy, but for all of us.

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Anthony 2008/11/11 23:38:04

Barack Obama's race is irrelevant in my view of him as a presidential candidate.

This man has a vision how to solve the crisis our chosen leaders got us into....nothing more but an
ambition young man who loves his country....

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