Black voters still unsure about Obama
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Democratic U.S. Sen. Barack Obama opened his 2008 drive for the White House with a promise to bridge historic political divides, but so far it is unclear how many black voters will come along for the ride.
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Blacks helped Barack Obama against Hillary Rodham Clinton in Louisiana's racially polarized Democratic primary Saturday, while John McCain made little headway among the most conservative, highly religious voters as he battled Mike Huckabee in their first head-to-head Republican matchup, exit polls found.
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It has unfolded mostly under the radar. But an important development in the 2008 Democratic battle may be the building backlash among African Americans over comments from associates of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton that could be construed as jabs at Sen. Barack Obama's race.
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Democrat Barack Obama is walking a tricky racial line in South Carolina, openly appealing to black voters while striving not to be tagged as "the black candidate."
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The lopsided nature of Barack Obamaâs victories gives him an opening to make the case that Democratic voters should coalesce around his candidacy.
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US Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama vied for crucial support among black voters on Sunday as they both commemorated a historic civil rights march in the southern state of Alabama.
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Rasmussen Reports - Thirty-three percent (33%) of American voters say they&#39;ll definitely vote for Senator Barack Obama (D) if he&#39;s on the Presidential ballot in November 2008. That&#39;s unchanged from a month ago, but the number who say they&#39;ll definitely vote against the charismatic newcomer from Illinois has increased by five points to 38%. Still, Obama enjoys the highest level of base support and net support among any of the leading candidates.
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Being black doesn't necessarily mean White House hopeful Sen. Barack Obama has a lock on black voters. In wooing a faithful Democratic constituency, Obama faces two-term New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, the party front-runner who enjoys strong support in the black community. She also is married to former President Clinton, so wildly popular among black voters that novelist Toni Morrison dubbed him "the first black president" in a 1998 essay.
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African Americans are expected to vote overwhelmingly for Democrat John Kerry on November 2, but perhaps not in high enough numbers to ensure victory for the Massachusetts senator in the razor-thin presidential election, poll results suggested.
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Blacks prefer Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry over President Bush by a nearly 4-to-1 margin, though their support for the Democrat is down slightly from the backing Al Gore received in 2000, according to a poll released Tuesday.
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The nation's first elected black governor said Saturday he is not ready to excuse comments former President Bill Clinton made about Barack Obama.
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It is unclear whether Gov. Bill Richardsonâs supporters will gravitate to Sen. Barack Obama or Sen. Hillary Clinton.
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Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, Friday called questions early in the campaign about whether her biracial husband was "black enough" to appeal to African-American voters "silly."
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Sunday he does not think voters have a litmus test on religion, whether evangelical Christianity or his childhood years in a largely Muslim country.
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Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson insisted that polls suggesting lukewarm African American support for Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry will be proved wrong on election day.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton and her campaign tried to mend ties to black voters Thursday when a key supporter apologized to her chief rival, Barack Obama, for comments that hinted at Obama's drug use as a teenager. The candidate herself, meanwhile, praised the Rev. Martin Luther King and promised to assist with the rebirth of this troubled, largely black city.
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FLORENCE, South Carolina  - Democrat Barack Obama's big lead over rival Hillary Clinton has slipped but is still substantial two days before the presidential primary election in South Carolina, where candidates were competing vigorously to win support from black voters.