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Related: About this forumClinton Owes Her Commanding Lead to African-American Women
Mar 17, 2016
Clinton Owes Her Commanding Lead to African-American Women
Energized base could help her win swing states in November.
Jonathan Allen
Theres been a lot of talk about an enthusiasm gap between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in this election cycle: Every Democrat wants to vote for him and some reluctantly vote for her.
At least, thats how the narrative goes. And its easy to believe if youre a millennialbecause its pretty true among your cohortor, like many journalists, you spend a lot of time with elite white dudes.
But theres another subset of the electorate that has been the story of the Democratic primary campaign: African-American women. More than any other demographic group, black women are the reason Hillary Clinton has racked up a 2 million-vote lead on Bernie Sanders and, more important, a 300-point advantage among pledged delegates to the Democratic National Convention.
The bedrock of her winning campaign is African-American women, and, as a group, these women seem pretty damn determined to vote for her.
They are the absolute heart of the party, Jaime Harrison, the South Carolina Democratic Party chairman said of African-American women in a comment posted on Sidewire (the political communication platform I work for). Hillary is their BFF.
- See more at: http://www.rollcall.com/news/opinion/clinton-owes-her-commanding-lead-to-african-american-women#sthash.kxHgymGG.dpuf
I know.... it's roll call. But since we're allowed to post right-wing sources that bash Hillary, I thought it would be interesting to post a rw source with a fairly informative article.....
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Clinton Owes Her Commanding Lead to African-American Women (Original Post)
msanthrope
Mar 2016
OP
She Is A Sister’: How Black Voters Propelled Hillary Clinton To Super Tuesday Victory
msanthrope
Mar 2016
#3
You don't think those "blacks are low information voters" and "Southern states don't count" OPs
Number23
Mar 2016
#8
Oh no....they had their purpose. The fact that the real, true progressives failed
msanthrope
Mar 2016
#9
GreatGazoo
(3,937 posts)1. that is so 4 months ago...
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)2. Wrong age demographic. Also, primary results are results. ntt
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)3. She Is A Sister’: How Black Voters Propelled Hillary Clinton To Super Tuesday Victory
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)4. Kick. nt
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)5. Kick. nt
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)6. 2.75 million. That is almost 3 million. and I love this Op. Nt.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)7. Women at the polls. We've not had even a century of the franchise. nt
Number23
(24,544 posts)8. You don't think those "blacks are low information voters" and "Southern states don't count" OPs
flew around here hard and fast for no reason, did you?
These folks know exactly who is supporting Clinton. Which is why so much of this forum has looked like Free Republic for a while.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)9. Oh no....they had their purpose. The fact that the real, true progressives failed
to take out the trash and it came back to bite them on the ass? Unsurpising.