Do you believe African Americans, and other minority voters, have never heard of Bernie Sanders?

[Zorra]

Examples of MSM reporting on this issue:

Bernie Sanders a Virtual Unknown Among Black Voters
JUNE 24, 2015

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/25/us/politics/bernie-sanders-lags-hillary-clinton-in-introducing-himself-to-black-voters.html

Bernie Sanders struggling to get his message heard by - and the support of - Latino and Black voters
Fox News Latino? - 14 hours ago

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2015/06/24/bernie-sanders-struggling-to-get-his-message-heard-by-and-support-latino-and/

Whoopsie! So sorry, gosh, apparently this page from Fox Latino, from 14 hrs ago, is no longer available for some reason.

Poll Ouestion:

MSM outlets, and Secretary Hillary Clinton supporters. have been reporting that the majority of African American voters, and other minority groups, have never heard of Bernie Sanders.

Do you believe that most African American voters have never heard of Bernie Sanders. who, (according to the MSM), is the current runner up for the Democratic Nomination for President of the United States?

2 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited
	I believe that the majority of African Americans and other minority groups are aware that Senator Bernie Sanders is a candidate for the Democratic Party nomination for President of the US.
	1 (50%)
	I believe that the majority of African Americans and other minority groups are clueless about the fact that Senator Bernie Sanders is a candidate for the Democratic party nomination for President of the US.
	0 (0%)
	I am African American/Other Minority Group, and do not know that Senator Sanders is a candidate for the Democratic Party nomination for President of the US.
	0 (0%)
	I am African American/Other Minnority Group, and I know that Bernie Sanders is in the running for the Democratic Party nomination for President of the US
	1 (50%)
	I have never heard of Senator Bernie Sanders.
	0 (0%)
	1 DU member did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Yup, Jewish and Latina

but please, do not take me too seriously, I cover politics for a living.

On edit, I have met people who are minority who not only are aware that Sanders is running, but are now campaign volunteers. As I said, I cover politics, among other things.

[Juicy_Bellows]

2. I believe a lot of people, regadless of race, don't really know who he is.

We have people that can't name the vice president or know there are 50 states and a whole other host of things people living here should know.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

3. That's how I see. They couldn't name Biden, let alone Sanders.

But these same people, regardless of race, know Kim Kartrashian is pregnant, and have watched the latest viral YouTube of a toddler pitching a fit.

[Juicy_Bellows]

4. Absolutely - they know who won American Idol but have no idea who their senators are. nt.

[arcane1]

5. And they vote

[merrily]

6. A lot of money sure buys a lot of "Bernie can't possibly win" polls, doesn't it?

Conventional wisdom, maybe even polls and experience, shows that, while Americans may love an underdog, they hate having voted for the candidate who will lose the election, especially if the candidate loses by a landslide.

This is why media no longer starts announcing any results until all polls on the West Coast have closed. So, polls that say Bernie has zero chance of winning this primary would, in theory, discourage many people from voting for him in the primary.

People of all hues have either heard of Bernie or not. Either way, I am not concerned. Super Tuesday is not next Tuesday. By Super Tuesday, more people will have heard of him. Voting for Bernie is my best way to tell centrist New Democrats, "Not Good Enough." I could not live with myself if I did not vote for him, even if mine were the only vote he got anywhere in the country that day.

Feel the Bern.

[Zorra]

7. Yes, it surely does.

[Kalidurga]

8. I think there are a lot of people who aren't even aware the primary process has started...

And they don't know even more than a couple candidates on either side. They will know Hillary and Jeb, that is about it.

[eridani]

9. Most people who don't pay much attention to politics have never heard of Sanders

Yet. At Camp Wellstone, the first thing they tell you is "You are not normal." In Seattle, the workshops often are held at the same time as the Fremont Solstice parade. The the tag line becomes "All the normal people are across that bridge looking at naked bikers."

[BlueCheese]

10. It's seven months before the first primaries.

I think most people, regardless of race, are too busy to know who most of the candidates are in any depth. People on DU are politics junkies, so of course they know. But not everyone is like that.