clipped from: www.southernpoliticalreport.com   

First, we screened poll respondents to find those who were aware that Obama’s pastor was in the news. A startling 82% knew about Obama’s speech, and about the controversy surrounding the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.


Of those who knew about the controversy and the speech, we asked, “Taking all this into account, are you more or less likely to support Obama for president?”


Less likely (52%)
More likely (19%)
About the same (27%)
No opinion (2%)


Most startling is that blacks by 56% to 31% said the speech made them less likely to vote for him.

Democrats disapproved 48% to 28%

The disturbing numbers for Obama are the independent voters. By 56% to 13%, they said they’re less likely to vote for him because of the speech.


It’s important to note, however, that we carefully crafted the poll’s questions.

there was a deliberate effort not to ‘push poll’ respondents, or to influence their answers in any way

only one out of 50 poll respondents had no opinion