… Black voters’ attitudes about the impact of the Obama administration are complicated because they hold Barack and Michelle Obama in such high regard. As president, Mr. Obama enjoyed extraordinarily high approval ratings among African-Americans, even as black unemployment remained high. His personal popularity notwithstanding, African-Americans’ ratings of public policy, race relations and the state of the country declined over his presidency. …
Mr. Obama of course had achievements, but there was a mismatch in the scale of what was promised and what was delivered. CONT.
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (Princeton), New York Times