Does Barrack Obama need more support from his own people?

Question

In the polls there is slightly more blacks voting for hillary than him some blacks feel that obama is neither black enough or dont do enough for blacks however by being vice or president he is setting history. Also had it been a hispanic running for president his own people would have been giving him more votes and same with asian. Do blacks need to be more supportive of their own?

Answer 1

I like this question. I believe he does need more support from our people. Being African American there is a stigma in politics that this candidate or that one has the "black vote" which is a very dissatisfying generalization. A belief that one candidate can express such a broad political agenda that has roots in much more than just race is very naive. That being said I do believe more support from his people would go a long way for him overall. One idea that disturbs me; I heard many African Americans weren't supporting him because they didn't think he could win, so they would just back Clinton. This seems like defeating the purpose of the system. Also on your point, hopefully educated voters don't need a presidental candidate with something like "street cred" or a stiff in a suit that will do only what a cross section of the black community wants him or her to do. I don't get why so many of us need some sort of validation that a candidate is black enough. And I am sick of Al Sharpton thinking he speaks for me.

Answer 2

This is a biased question. Black people don't blindly support Obama just because he is black. Black people are quite capable of choosing thier own canidates to support based on thier own reasoning.

Its like saying why don't all christians vote for Huckabee, or why don't all women vote for Hillary, or why don't all Italians vote for Guiliani, etc....

Answer 3

Ideally, people will vote for the person who they think will be the best president.

No one would ever think about saying that white people should support white people or that men should support men. This question just goes to show that racism is a problem in our society from all angles.

Answer 4

Well.....we have a different view of 'his own', 'their own'. Are we not all 'our own'? Americans.
Some will vote for him because he is black.
Some will vote for Hillary because she is a woman.
These are the people we want to stay away from the voting booth. They are the type who don't know the issues or know where the candidates stand; and don't care.
The majority of blacks and women will, hopefully, vote for the best man.

Answer 5

i replaced into an Obama supporter initially, yet as time is going on i'm determining he, like Bush replaced into, is basically element of a greater physically powerful international schedule. next election i will vote for a third occasion, or Republican if i think the candidate isn't a globalist. recently it relatively is much less approximately Republican vs. Democrat and greater approximately professional-Israel vs. professional-united statesa., a minimum of in the back of the curtain. anybody with a metamorphosis of heart approximately Obama is welcome with the Republicans.

Answer 6

I think it's healthy for all people to examine candidates and make choices based on information rather than a senseless bias toward (or against) an arbitrary group membership.

Answer 7

He will be making history if elected, but only because he's a muslim in a christian nation. How ironic? I guess we should be called an Obama-nation instead of United.

Answer 8

Obama's dad is Kenyan, his mother is white.

So are you asking if his Kenyan relatives should support him? - well it won't help much - they can't vote.

or

Are you asking if more white people should support him. I think most of his support is from young whites, but I could be wrong here.

Answer 9

people need to vote for whomever they feel that can run the country.

Answer 10

no one knows what goes on behind voting curtains,people don't really say who they'll vote for