African-Americans Still Overwhelmingly Back Obama

A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/theGrio.com poll
finds that 49% of African-Americans feel the country is headed
in the right direction, versus 38% who say the country is on the
wrong track. That’s a sharp contrast from recent polling which shows an
overwhelming majority of all Americans who say the country is on the
wrong track.

Interestingly, an overwhelming 86% of African-Americans said they approve of the
president’s handling of the economy. By contrast, 57% of overall
respondents disapprove of the president’s handling of the economy,
versus just 40% who approve.