Oct 31 3:08 PM US/Eastern

By The Associated Press
Some demographics and details from the AP-AOL Black Voices poll.

 The poll of blacks and black voters was conducted by Ipsos, an
international polling firm.

The results from the overall population and all likely voters are from a separate AP-AOL-News
poll released last week.

OVERALL: Blacks are more likely than the general population to think the country is on the
wrong track. And black likely voters, 89 percent, are more likely than likely voters in
general, 61 percent, to disapprove of President Bush. About four in 10 black likely voters are
angry at the Bush administration, and about two in 10 are angry at the Republican leadership in
Congress.

WHO’S ANGRY: Blacks 50 and under, four in 10 or more, were more likely than those 65 and over,
about a fifth, to say they are angry with Bush. Those with a college degree, about half, were
more likely than those with less education to say they are angry. Those in the Northeast,
almost half, were more likely than those in the Midwest, about three in 10, to say they are
angry. Those who make $75,000 or more a year were most likely, about half, to say they are
angry with Bush.

VOTING MAKES A DIFFERENCE: Among all black adults, about a fourth said their votes do not make
a difference, while about three-fourths said they do. Young adults were more likely than
seniors to feel their votes do not matter, especially those 18-29, almost four in 10, compared
to less than two in 10 of those 65 and over. For all adults, the results were fairly similar.
Among all black adults, about seven in 10 said they were confident and more than a fourth said
they were not.

BLACKS-ISSUES: Blacks more likely to say that the war in Iraq was a mistake: More than eight in
10 black likely voters say the U.S. made a mistake in going to war in Iraq, compared with six
in 10 of all likely voters in a recent AP-AOL News poll.

 Most blacks oppose gay marriage: Two-thirds of all blacks, and about the same amount of black
likely voters, oppose allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally. Black likely voters were
most likely to rate the economy and health care as an extremely or very important issue to
them.

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AP Manager of News Surveys Trevor Tompson, AP News Survey Specialist Dennis Junius and AP
Writer Will Lester contributed to this analysis.

2006 The Associated Press.