I’m sure palling around with Al Sharpton isn’t helping.

Via USA Today:

[A]ssessments on how President Obama, the first African American elected to the White House, is handling race relations have soured a bit. In a poll in August, before the two police incidents, Americans approved of how he was doing on race issues, 48%-42%. Now his disapproval rating on that issue has jumped by 10 points, to 50% disapprove, 40% approve.

Obama’s approval on handling race relations had dropped among whites to 33% from 42%. It also has dropped by double digits among blacks, although the small sample sizes make it hard to be precise.