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Showing Original Post only (View all)NYT: Bernie Sanders Lags Hillary Clinton in Introducing Himself to Black Voters [View all]
Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont is climbing in the polls in Iowa and New Hampshire, and he has drawn thousands of people to rallies for his presidential campaign recently in Denver and Minneapolis. But the shooting last week in Charleston, S.C., has highlighted a daunting obstacle he faces in the Democratic primary contest: Black voters have shown little interest in him.
Even his own campaign advisers acknowledge that Mr. Sanders is virtually unknown to many African-Americans, an enormously important Democratic constituency.
Though he led sit-ins as a civil rights activist in the 1960s, helped the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. pull off a surprising campaign victory in Vermont in 1988, and espouses liberal policy ideas broadly popular with many Democrats, Mr. Sanders has had little direct experience with black voters as a politician in a state that is 95 percent white. And they have been largely absent from his campaign events so far.
Even his own campaign advisers acknowledge that Mr. Sanders is virtually unknown to many African-Americans, an enormously important Democratic constituency.
Though he led sit-ins as a civil rights activist in the 1960s, helped the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. pull off a surprising campaign victory in Vermont in 1988, and espouses liberal policy ideas broadly popular with many Democrats, Mr. Sanders has had little direct experience with black voters as a politician in a state that is 95 percent white. And they have been largely absent from his campaign events so far.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/25/us/politics/bernie-sanders-lags-hillary-clinton-in-introducing-himself-to-black-voters.html?_r=0
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NYT: Bernie Sanders Lags Hillary Clinton in Introducing Himself to Black Voters [View all]
YoungDemCA
Jun 2015
OP
She's at 75% ...If she gets much higher she will be at Third World autocrat levels of support.
DemocratSinceBirth
Jun 2015
#33
I honestly believe that alot of DUers are extremely pleased with Bernie's very narrow appeal
Number23
Jun 2015
#51
Black folks backed Obama 80-90% and were disrespected and trashed at every opportunity here
Number23
Jun 2015
#60
I agree completely. Noiretextatique is a Bernie supporter and she's as confused and put off
Number23
Jun 2015
#63
Yep, I never thought I would see that term being used here the way it just was...
Spazito
Jun 2015
#59
The questions asked of Bernie are the questions asked of everyone. Bernie doesn't answer them.
kwassa
Jun 2015
#82
Yeah ... The section that became known as Crown Heights, which was not known for its diversity. n/t
1StrongBlackMan
Jun 2015
#98
Unlike BS, Hillary knows exactly what she has to do in 2016. I find it laughable that you guys...
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2015
#29
Then the notion of when people gets to know Bernie they will vote for him may have just been
Thinkingabout
Jun 2015
#45
“The Bernie Sanders voter is still a Volvo-driving, financially comfortable liberal...
wyldwolf
Jun 2015
#39
“She’s talking about the issues we care about,” said Bakari Sellers, a former South Carolina state
Cha
Jun 2015
#44
+1, Sanders supporters are oblivious on this issue which is what I'm starting to see with Sanders
uponit7771
Jun 2015
#107
And upthread, someone accuses Cali_Dem of "race baiting" because he (accurately) noted that
Number23
Jun 2015
#74
I never saw that quote by Skinner. That's very revealing. Thanks for that. n/t
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2015
#85
If you care to look, you'd see that it's Bernie's own supporters who are claiming we don't know him.
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2015
#84
2% less AA voted for Kerry than Gore because during the campaign Kerry didn't want to connect
uponit7771
Jun 2015
#109