that, then i think people are rightly skeptical. there are many statistics about african americans that confirm president obama s feelings that things are not equal. looking at education first, in 2021, 24.7% of blacks had a bo bachelor s degree or higher as compared to 38.3% of whites. quality of life, median income for the average black household was $48,297, for white house holds, nearly $78,000. 19.5% of blacks living at poverty level compared with 10% of whites. the life expectancies at birth for blacks, 70.8 years, 76.4 for whites. and homicide, the leading cause of death among black males 15 to 34, 20 times higher than their white counterparts. by those measures, we ve still not wiped away the scars of centuries, as president johnson would have said. the gates of freedom have been
everything from job getting a job to buying a house to how the criminal justice system operates. if they re not doing that, then i think people are rightly skep skeptical. there are many statistics about african-americans that confirm education is not equal. 27% of blacks had a bachelors degree as compared to 38.3% of whites. median income for the average black household was $48,297, for whites $78,000. 19.5% of blacks living in poverty level compared with 10% of whites. the life expectancies for blacks at birth, 78. homicide the leading cause of death among black males 15-34, 22 times
into the 30 s. his 38.3 figure in the real clear average of polls compares poorly to the last three presidents at the same time in their first term. president trump was at 42%. president obama at 48%. president george w. bush 81% in the months after the 9/11 attacks. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich has the apparent disconnect between the states, the public and the biden administration live from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening to you, bret. these democratic governors relaxing restrictions for mask was say that the data is on their side with faces falling. the cdc says that is just not the case. buff the white house is not throwing any criticism here. saying that now these decisions are allowing more choice. the white house says even if your state does not require masks indoors or masks in schools. you should still wear one. because that s still the guidance from the cdc,. we look at waste water.
my experience over the last two years leads me to believe when i hear the term conspiracy theory, i translate that into my head as something that s true that s inconvenient to the people in charge of the government right now. shannon: well, that doesn t always turn out to be the truth for conspiracy theories but a lot of folks have felt that way over the last couple of years. let s talk about how this is impacting the president and his polling as well because he s dropped to a new low. the real clear politics averages have him down and this is presidents all at the same point in their first term president bush obviously coming after 9/11 and the country rallying around each other and him at that point, sigh very high number for him, but we see president obama at 48%. president trump at 42%. president biden now at 38.3%. kevin, from afghanistan to inflation to covid, people are very frustrated with this president and those numbers have got to be tough for the white house. they c
back to the basics, people here really were focused on important things, roads, high taxes, crime, we went straight to the message, straight to the people and stuck with it, not some 22,000 doors with our team and that is what people were talking about they weren t, the national politics. they were worried about everything that affected their lives, businesses and families. todd: this was, is big-time biden country but you won by 4% over your obama backed opponent. to reiterate biden won this in 2020 by 38.3% of the vote. was this a rejection of the biden presidency by many people who voted for him?