romney addressed in the n.w. c.p. trying to accomplish what many consider a mission impossible making his case to african-american voters mitt romney there at the end of the convention in houston romney went in search of something he had not looked for before the african-american vote when we look at the issue of unemployment is the president taking the african-american vote for granted given this reality here african-american and latino americans who are disproportionately affected with with job losses and unemployment roll numbers unemployment among african-americans is higher than the national average the latest quinnipiac poll shows ninety two percent of african to. voters support president obama bush as you know grabbed eleven percent of black voters you know for mccain just got to the percentage trying to appeal to an audience that polls will show in large part are great support of president obama gallup tracking poll which you may have seen of black voters that found that only five percent said they support rom