I would guess that race washes in the end. There are plenty of minorities that would never dislike a black president, probably more than white folks who hate him for being black. Look at the precentages of Blacks that voted for him and try to state that race was not a factor in how they feel about him. And I will readily agree that there are whites that take the opposite position. Both positions are sickening in my opinion. But if he has that high of a rating, he appears to be beating most past presidents.