2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Who? Sanders is a phantom to black voters in South Carolina [View all]hoosierlib
(710 posts)Seriously, what else?
The dude freaking was at the March on Washington and went to jail fighting for segregation at the University of Chicago (while HRC was campaigning for Barry Goldwater).
He was been one of the most vocal white defenders of the Civil Rights Act and proponents of Equal Pay and LGBT rights (mind you in a state with 1% AA).
He has called for the end of the for-profit prison industry (HRC has taken money from their lobbyists), the decriminalization of marijuana and freedom of prisoners who were sentenced to mandatory minimums sentences (who majority AA).
He has called out cops for protecting their own and demanded they be prosecuted.
What else does the AA community want?
Does he need to get on the Arsenio Hall show and play the sax too?
So yeah, he's done his best to get his message out (and will again tonight), but time, money and his staff are finite resources. If the AA community isn't receptive to his message and outreach efforts, then he needs to focus his efforts where they can get the biggest return for his investment.
Through the first three states, he has won the vote and potentially the Latino vote. After Super Tuesday there are only a handful of states that have a population of AA greater than 15%. Yes they are an important group, but while you can lead a horse to water, you can't make them drink if they don't want to...
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