Former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain said he expects more blacks to vote for Mitt
Romney than polls indicate because many "working" blacks likely were
not polled.
"They were working, so they didn't answer the phone when they took the
poll," Cain said Wednesday night on "The Daily Show." "Believe it or
not, some black people have jobs, and careers, and they run
businesses. They didn't take that into account."
Comedy Central host Jon Stewart had noted that the GOP presidential
nominee has essentially "zero" support among blacks, according to
polls. He pointed out that Cain, as a Romney supporter,
basically represents the "margin of error."
"I know a lot of other American black conservatives that are gonna
vote for Mitt Romney," Cain said. "The polls are inaccurate, in my
opinion, based upon anecdotal evidence, based upon people that I know."
Unemployment among blacks is double that of the rest of the country,
but Cain denied that he meant blacks represented by current polls are
all unemployed.
Cain, who dropped his own bid for the GOP nomination last December,
has proved himself a good sport through regular appearances on "The
Daily Show" as well as fellow Comedy Central news spoof show "The
Colbert Report."
He defended Romney's "different style" as the reason some people see
him as aloof.
"It's a difference in style," Cain said. "[Romney] has a personality,
but some people tend to voluntarily or involuntarily suppress it. I
don't suppress my personality at all."
