A majority of D.C. voters disapprove of the job D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty is doing, according to the results of a WJLA/SurveyUSA poll released this afternoon. Of 500 D.C. voters surveyed, 51 percent disapproved of his job performance, while 40 percent approved.

With a 4.5 percent margin of error, that’s fairly evenly split, but more telling is the apparently growing racial divide over Fenty. A whopping 69 percent of black voters disapproved of Fenty, compared with 23 percent who approved. For whites, the numbers were almost the exact opposite: 66 percent approved and 24 percent disapproved.

Based on this poll, Fenty appears to have an attitude problem. Black voters overwhelmingly told pollsters they believe Fenty “cares more about advancing his career than about the city’s needs,” with 69 percent agreeing with that statement, while half of white voters felt the same way. And 54 percent of all respondents said their opinion of Fenty has gotten worse since he took office in 2007.

Also interesting: 72 percent of those polled believe crime in the city has decreased in the last year, but apparently Fenty’s not getting much credit for that.