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| Economics, race divides Americans |
| Economics, race divides Americans on Obama, Romney: Gallup
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 5-June-2012
5:24:25 AM |
| With five months to go for America's next presidential election, the supporters of Barack Obama and his Republican rival Mitt Romney appear to be starkly divided on economic and racial lines.
While Romney now has a four-point lead over President Obama among the middle-income and upper-income voters, the latter has a wide advantage among lower income voters, according to a latest Gallup poll.
The polls also found strong racial divides in voting preferences, more so because non-whites fall disproportionately into the lower-income group.
Romney, the wealthy former head of Bain Capital, has slightly greater appeal to the highest-income voters, those making USD 180,000 or more in annual income.
This group has shown a 53 per cent to 42 per cent preference for Romney since mid April, compared with 50 per cent to 45 per cent among those earning between USD 90,000 and USD 179,999.
Further, Romney currently has a 49 per cent to 45 per cent edge over Obama among middle-income voters, those whose annual household income is between USD 36,000 and USD 89,999.
Romney has the same lead among upper-income voters, while Obama maintains a wide advantage among lower-income voters, the Gallup Poll said.
Curiously enough, in each of the three major income groups Gallup reports, there are strong racial divides in voting preferences.
Non-Hispanic whites and nowhites show stark differences in their candidate preferences.
In Gallup tracking since April 11, Romney is the leader among whites in all income groups, including those who are lower income.
At the same time, Obama has a commanding lead among non-whites in all income groups, it said.
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