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SERVING THE
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STATE'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY
OCT. 26 - NOV. 1, 1986
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By Rhoda inn y
'P at' nal ews
Correspondent
SHI GTO ,DC - Bl c
and hite Ameri an are bridg­
in the ap on primary i ue
confr nting the nation with
both group citipg unemploy­
!Dent, the high co . of living
and th dru their
thr m
0-
president
The m a-
DIVIDED
hen it
on
ive
on a nonbindin
initi tive hich calls for the
creati n of a parate pre­
dominantly Bl c city ou
of ten of th city' di trict .
The i e divided the·
city' Bl c Some pport
the 'de but a recently
formed group h begun
camp . th pro-
posal for a .eparate 81
city.
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Poll finds
drop in
loyalty
to the
Democrats
to a rvey given by Gallup
for the Joint Center for Politi­
cal Studie
"Although we ill may be
arate IOC' t' in m y re­
ct , the rvey indicate th t
Black and white America are in
greement out principal pro-
blem before the country," said
Eddie William pre 'dent of the
JCPS.
The poll indicated that there
was a ri in Bla approval
for Pr 'dent Re an' job per-
formance, especially among
young Bl profe ional men
under theage of 30. Only 37
percent of all Black polled,
e 1 to 29 cast them lve
a u trong Democrat ." The
poll I revealed there wa a
con iderable decline in Demo­
cratic partisanship among
Blac , in total only 49 per­
cent con idered them lves to
be • trong Democrats." But
overall the Blac vote, includ­
ing tho who leaned toward
the party appeared to remain
D mo r tic.
u hile Bl are till votin
Democr tic, thi is the clearest
evidence we h ve th t th De­
m cr tic party may be 1000
it grip on the core of i� Bla
upp rt," said Eddie illiam.
Dr. Lind F. illiam,· nior
political re arch as ciate at
the JCPS aid there were three
factor that explained President
Reagan' increa d popularity
among Bl c ; 'improved rat­
ing on fore' n policy bell f
bout one' per onal fmancial
itu tion and the declining
emph . on civil right .
ith the exception of the
South Africa situation. in a two
year span (84-86), Ran's
ratina on i es of foreign
policy Increased 10 to 15
percent amon Blac Bl ks
ctually wanted harsher
sanction than tho recently
approved. And only 16 per­
cent of Bl c listed civil rights
am 'or i
Though and Bl c
nationwide had similar concerns,
and Bl ck were more ccepting
of President Re an' perfor­
mance, the oups differed hen
it carne to the implementation
of the Re Administration'
