CNN Poll info:
But according to the poll broken down by race, blacks were more likely to blame Bush for problems in New Orleans, with 37 percent holding him most to blame for the fact that many residents were trapped inside the city after it flooded.
Twenty percent of blacks primarily blamed New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, 11 percent blamed the residents themselves and 27 percent blamed no one at all.
Among whites, 29 percent blamed Nagin, 27 percent blamed the residents, 15 percent blamed Bush and 24 percent held no one responsible.
Just over half of whites interviewed — 51 percent — said bureaucratic inefficiency was a bigger obstacle in the response than neglected domestic needs. But 56 percent of blacks blamed the domestic needs, such as emergency preparedness and infrastructure.
More blacks than whites said they were angry about the government’s response to Katrina, 76 percent to 60 percent, and Bush is one target of their ire.
Among blacks, only 15 percent said Bush did a good job in the initial days after Katrina, and 36 percent thought he did a good job in recent days. The number for whites was 49 percent for the initial days and 63 percent more recently.
So what I see here, is blacks and whites looking at issues such as Nagin pretty similarly; where they diverge is when you ask WHITES about Bush. To quote a certain newsmaker:
OBLIVIOUS
IN DENIAL
DANGEROUS
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