The race to the White House is shaping up to be a clear referendum in Black and White.
Though President Barack Obama has faced harsh criticism from many in the African-American community for his positions on marriage equality — and his perceived reticence on issues that directly impact the Black community, while arguably pandering to Latino/Hispanic, Evangelicals and women as a voting bloc — that has not dampened his support one iota.
According to a new NBC/WSJ poll, Obama is riding high on 94 percent of the African-American vote, while Mittens can count on a statistical — wait for it — 0 percent of the African-American vote.
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In a smaller sample of voters living in 12 key battleground states – Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin – Obama leads Romney by three points, 49 percent to 46 percent.
That’s a narrower edge in these battlegrounds than the eight-point lead the president enjoyed in the June and July NBC/WSJ polls.
Looking inside the numbers, Obama continues to lead Romney among key parts of his political base, including African Americans (94 percent to 0 percent), Latinos (by a 2-to-1 margin), voters under 35-years-old (52 percent to 41 percent) and women (51 percent to 41 percent).
Romney is ahead with whites (53 percent to 40 percent), rural voters (47 percent to 38 percent) and seniors (49 percent to 41 percent).
And the two presidential candidates are essentially even when it comes to the swing groups of suburban voters, Midwest residents and political independents.
As for Romney’s selection of Ryan as his running mate, which was made on Aug. 11, the poll suggests that – so far – the pick has had less of an impact on voters than previous running mates have had.
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