Poll Finds Obama Still Faces Racial Gap

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(July 16) -- For the first time, a major political party will field an African-American in the presidential race. That's a sign that the United States' racial divide is getting narrower, right?

Not necessarily, according to a new New York Times/CBS News poll.

The poll finds major disparities in the way black and white voters view Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain. While 83 percent of black respondents had a favorable view of Obama, only 31 percent of whites did, for example.

Whites and blacks also hold widely differing views on the state of race relations in the country, the poll suggested.

The New York Times has the full story.
Barack Obama is the first African-American to clinch a major political party's nomination for the presidency, but apparently that doesn't mean the nation is more united on racial issues. A New York Times/CBS News poll finds voters are deeply divided on this year's main-party candidates.

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