96% Ghanaian-Americans in favour of Obama

... Only 50% are likely to vote
An overwhelming 96 per cent of Ghanaian-Americans will vote for Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama, however only 50% of "Boggas" are likely to vote in Tuesday’s US elections, an opinion poll suggests.

The GHP Poll found 96 per cent of those surveyed back Obama, while 1 per cent say they would vote for John McCain and Sarah Palin and 3 per cent were undecided or unwilling to to say.

The poll was conducted Sept. 22 to Nov. 2 by telephone with 63 registered likely Ghanaian-American voters.

The survey also shows that only 50 percent of Ghanaian-Americans are likely to vote in Tuesday’s US elections, compared with 82% among Japanese-Americans, 73% among Indian-Americans and 72% among Korean-Americans and 67% among the Filipio-Americans.

Pollsters were not able to confirm if those polled were really citizens and thus had a right to vote

The Ghanaian-American community has grown from 65,700 people in 2000 to close to 80,000 in 2005, according to the US Census Bureau .