In Arkansas, racism cuts against Obama

[mondale84]

Really? The reason people are voting against him isn't some kind of "secret racism". It's because he's done an absolutely awful job as President. They've been hit hard by the recession, and blame the incumbent for it.

Yeah and magically, people in Missouri, New Hampshire, etc have skipped the recession?

[mondale84]

Really? The reason people are voting against him isn't some kind of "secret racism". It's because he's done an absolutely awful job as President. They've been hit hard by the recession, and blame the incumbent for it.

Yeah and magically, people in Missouri, New Hampshire, etc have skipped the recession?

Among the lowest ten states by GDP per capita is Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Alabama, South Carolina, West Virginia, and Mississippi; highest 10 by poverty rate include Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Tennessee, and South Carolina (Kentucky and Georgia barely miss the threshold). These states, among the poorest in the nation, would logically be hit even harder by the recession, and thus bear more enmity towards the current incumbent.

One wonders why they have the lowest GDP per capita...