Democrats Do Not Agree With Ferraro That Race Was a Factor in Obama’s Success

FLEMINGTON, N.J., March 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Results from a national study among 431 Democrats indicated that more than half (53%), do not agree with former vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro’s comment that “Barack Obama would not have made it this far if he was a white man.”

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The communications research study was conducted on March 23, by HCD Research to obtain Americans’ perceptions of video segments from an interview with Ms. Ferraro on Fox News, during which she explained her comments about Senator Obama.

While viewing the video, participants indicated their levels of agreement by moving their mouse from left to right on a continuum. The responses were recorded in quarter-second intervals and reported in the form of curves. To view detailed results of the study and agreement curves, go to: http://www.mediacurves.com/

Among the study findings:

Do you agree with Geraldine Ferraro’s comment that Barack Obama would not have made it this far if he was a white man?

   Prior to viewing the video      After viewing the video   Yes         29%                 Yes         34%   No          57%                 No          53%   Don’t know  14%                 Don’t know  13%     Do you believe that Geraldine Ferraro’s comment was racist?    Prior to viewing the video      After viewing the video   Yes         48%                 Yes         42%   No          43%                 No          51%   Don’t know   9%                 Don’t know   7%    

The Media Curves web site provides the media and general public with a venue to view Americans’ perceptions of popular and controversial media events and advertisements.

HCD Research is a communications research company headquartered in Flemington, NJ. The company’s services include traditional and web-based marketing and communications research. For additional information on HCD Research, access the company’s web site at http://www.hcdi.net/ or call HCD Research at 908-788-9393.

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