Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Nader supporter Michael Moore needs to shut up [View all]betsuni
(25,475 posts)Clinton themselves. When Obama ran in 2008 and 2012, black turnout was over 5 percentage points higher than it had been in any election on record. Obama's two campaigns confirmed research showing that African Americans' in-group identify -- their identification with blacks as a group -- impacts how they think and act in politics. Indeed, Barack Obama's extraordinary black support was concentrated among African Americans who expressed the most solidarity with other blacks.
"It is arguably unrealistic to expect similarly high levels of black turnout for a white Democratic candidate 2016. That does not mean that Clinton was unpopular among African Americans. They were crucial to her victory in the Democratic primary, and throughout 2016, an average of 73% rated her favorably in both Gallup and YouGov polls ... . "
From "Identity Crisis"
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden