Racial prejudices could cost Sen. Barack Obama 6 percentage points , poll suggests . Poll : " The Washington Post / ABC News - New York Times survey of likely voters finds that a majority of Americans think race relations are getting worse in the United States today -- and they believe it is because President Experts point out that it 's hard to quantify racial attitudes . Democrats typically get close to 90 percent of the African-American vote .
Racial prejudices could cost Sen. Barack Obama 6 percentage points , poll suggests . Poll : Forty percent of white Americans have at least a partly negative view of blacks . Experts point out that it 's hard to quantify racial attitudes . Democrats typically get close to 90 percent of the African-American vote .