Opinion polls in September over 400 U.S. citizens of Arab descent showed majority support President Barack Obama of the Democratic Party in the presidential election this year.
There was a significant decrease of 15 percent compared to the same support in 2008, but Republicans also do not obtain any result of the Arab American community in a poll conducted by the Arab American Institute.
There's good news and bad news for President Barack Obama's latest poll on the Arab American community organized by the Arab American Institute or AAI. AAI President Jim Zogby said Obama winning over former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney by a margin of 24 percent.
"Especially in this election, fierce competition between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney case, the results of 52 percent versus 28 percent. There are about 5 percent of the minority candidates and 16 percent are still undecided," said Zogby.
But bad news for President Obama is 15 percent of Americans of Arab descent who supports Obama in the election of 2008 has yet to ensure their support for Obama.
The poll results also gave some bad news for Mitt Romney and the Republican Party, in which the Arab-American support for them continues to decline.
Zogby added, "The support for Republicans dropped from 27 percent in 2008 to 22 percent, but the difference in support for the Democratic Party is still more than two to one Republican, continuing a trend that we saw from 2002 when the difference between the two bigger parties. '
Jim Zogby said the magnitude of the Arab-American support for the Republican Party than the Democratic Party began in 2002 when the policies of President George W. Bush in Iraq and the Middle East, as well as issues of civil liberties in America. Increased many Arab-Americans now account for 24 percent-identify themselves as independents.
Jim Zogby said neither the Democrats nor the Republicans have done much to reach out to Americans of Arab descent in the election campaign in 2012. Citizens United Arab derivatives account for about 0.5 percent of the number of voters who will exercise their right to vote in the elections on November 6.
Jim Zogby-just like other Americans-say, the main concerns of Americans of Arab descent is all about jobs and the economy, while 27 percent of them assess foreign policy is also important.
"When asked what the most important issue, the economy is clearly a major concern," said Zogby.
The poll showed that the majority of Americans of Arab descent are comfortable with their current jobs and many Arabs believe that their children will have a better life than them. However, half of Americans of Arab descent are concerned about some form of discrimination because of their origin.