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In reply to the discussion: 87% of African Americans view Hillary Clinton favorably [View all]NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)3. Name Recognition. Among any group and voters at large, it's about the name "Clinton".
Last edited Fri May 22, 2015, 09:00 AM - Edit history (2)
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African American voters historically support Democrats, so who are they going to say they support in a poll?
Nobody has heard of Sanders or Warren, most people aren't on DU or paying attention to cable news.
Whether we look at blacks or whites or Asians or Hispanics, the Clinton name and the Clinton brand are polling high.
I don't see where Clinton has done anything particularly courageous for people of color.
If anything, her policies of outsourcing and helping foreign trade have cost us jobs.
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Aha! So THIS is the post that gay posters, women and black folks are saying almost made them
Number23
May 2015
#303
Hey, why not? They've had to teach us everything else (or so they desperately love to think)!
Number23
May 2015
#305
already bookmarked. it is a gem of example and explanation and oh... ya, education. nt
seabeyond
May 2015
#306
That you actually wrote those words and hit "post" and haven't self deleted by now...
stevenleser
May 2015
#308
Name Recognition. Among any group and voters at large, it's about the name "Clinton".
NYC_SKP
May 2015
#3
How is it meaningless that HRC will carry African Americans and Latinos
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2015
#91
with regard to the African American community, I think there is a deeper reason than
CTyankee
May 2015
#106
Hell, for the earlier primaries and caucuses in 2008, Clinton beat Obama in the black vote
Recursion
May 2015
#245
YES!! It wasn't until SC that Blacks as a majority even looked at Obama... My wife was with Hillary
uponit7771
May 2015
#326
Is this today's meme? That the only reason Clinton has such high favorables is because people
Number23
May 2015
#111
you really wish to swipe an entire voting block as nothing more that "stupid" and ....
Sheepshank
May 2015
#116
Wow. It's your brain that took you there. AA voters historically go w Democrats.
NYC_SKP
May 2015
#117
African Americans support Hillary in higher proportions than do women, Hispanics,
pnwmom
May 2015
#145
Nope. I dismiss all pro Clinton numbers as based on name recognition, all groups.
NYC_SKP
May 2015
#233
That is an insult to African Americans who always liked the Clintons. They aren't idiots
pnwmom
May 2015
#130
The pheonomenon applies equally well to every single traditional Democratic leaning demographic.
NYC_SKP
May 2015
#133
The short answer is NO he can't. I had this very conversation last night. This is not 2008 &
Tarheel_Dem
May 2015
#4
Thats true. The only real threat to Hillary's pursuit of the nomination is Hillary.
InAbLuEsTaTe
May 2015
#252
this is what i am seeing also. especially in texas and colorado. the difference in
seabeyond
May 2015
#28
i read something in lubbock, but sounds like just the group for her and not clinton
seabeyond
May 2015
#56
she could easily take on the repugs in this state. maybe not with numbers, but damn, look good. nt
seabeyond
May 2015
#57
I don't doubt the passion of Sanders supporters, but McGovern had very passionate supporters as well
Tarheel_Dem
May 2015
#40
That's the plan and I believe she can pull it off but not without difficulty...
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2015
#61
The moment Hillary accepted Obama's invite for Sec of State, all was forgiven & forgotten.
Tarheel_Dem
May 2015
#72
What a terrific story. Having lived in the South, with brief relocations to Pittsburgh, most of....
Tarheel_Dem
May 2015
#93
I get chills to this day she. I remember coming in to work the next day, and it was all anyone could
Tarheel_Dem
May 2015
#175
I love that picture. My favorite, however, will forever be the one where they welcomed home the....
Tarheel_Dem
May 2015
#90
ITA. In every forum in Spanish I read Hillary is already seen as the next president
lunamagica
May 2015
#64
All my hispanic friends in Texas love her. Many people have been quietly waiting for her. n/t
freshwest
May 2015
#239
i see clinton getting black and hispanic vote. i see sanders, youth, white, middle upper. sanders
seabeyond
May 2015
#13
yes the irony. that i am not allowed to say. here is the thing with the young vote... in my area.
seabeyond
May 2015
#22
Hillary lost the nomination in 08 because she was hemorrhaging African American votes.
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2015
#30
i also think with her experience over the last 8 yrs, we are going to see a different campaign. nt
seabeyond
May 2015
#33
"Working class and lower middle class folks are more concerned about table issues"
workinclasszero
May 2015
#49
"rainbow farting leftist independent" who will save your job and win the election.
NYC_SKP
May 2015
#75
I tend to agree...The data suggests Hillary will win but it's not a slam dunk...
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2015
#76
You nailed it all right there. Those who have been dismissed are watching it play out. It's time!
freshwest
May 2015
#241
i will be really interested to watch blacklivesmatter. i question that. but all these are guesses,
seabeyond
May 2015
#24
"Black Lives Matter voters" are the black community & 87% of us favor Hillary. Just ask these guys.
Tarheel_Dem
May 2015
#36
another thing we fail at, is actually listen to the black lives that surely do matter.
seabeyond
May 2015
#38
FYI: Issues & personality aren't mutually exclusive. And I predict you're wrong. Try, as you may,
Tarheel_Dem
May 2015
#114
The most reliable Democratic constituency will have much to be enthused about. It's the young...
Tarheel_Dem
May 2015
#124
I don't view myself as having much in common with Kim Kardashian so it is hard
betterdemsonly
May 2015
#131
It already transferred. 87% worth. You keep insinuating that "Black Lives Matter" is some behemoth
Tarheel_Dem
May 2015
#138
Why are you conflating "OFA" & "the black community"? Is there some point to that?
Tarheel_Dem
May 2015
#153
WTF do the 60s have to do with 87% favorability among AA's for Hillary Clinton in 2016?
Tarheel_Dem
May 2015
#160
It's a variation of the "MLK was a Republican"/Byrd was a Democrat and a klansman" narrative ...
1StrongBlackMan
May 2015
#170
Exactly. Don't you just love it when folks of another race try to explain "black folks" to us.
Tarheel_Dem
May 2015
#173
He is offering pie in the sky except it is pie in the sky with a wrinkle...It's pie right here.
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2015
#192
I love the scene where he first meets Django but I am afraid to post it here./NT
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2015
#261
People who think education is a right are after a "free lunch?" Sounds like Rush Limbaugh
betterdemsonly
May 2015
#276
I would tell you what you could do with your ad hominem but I don't want to afoul...
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2015
#278
you want to reflect the discussion you jumped into, with this little fit? blackman talking basic
seabeyond
May 2015
#279
"just asking you to proceed with caution re class being a divider in the black community."
Tarheel_Dem
May 2015
#162
It's like that old joke - what do you call a black man with two PhDs? Nigger.
Number23
May 2015
#166
Exactly. You think my advanced degree and experience living in multiple countries means one damn
Number23
May 2015
#181
Earlier in this thread someone asked about the polling numbers for ...
1StrongBlackMan
May 2015
#182
Speak on it #23! I love how you just break it down to its natural essence. "Two PhDs". N***
Tarheel_Dem
May 2015
#184
Class "concern" will evaporate the moment they (personally) can afford to live in that gate communit
Tarheel_Dem
May 2015
#190
"So many of them never wanted to be associated with us, no matter what our class."
Number23
May 2015
#187
There's a thousand variations of it. It's a paraphrase of a Malcolm X comment
Number23
May 2015
#195
then there is a group of our dems that just are not concerned with that. the man has money, so what
seabeyond
May 2015
#206
yes, Blacks, hispanics, and asians who vote republican usually do so because of religion
JI7
May 2015
#228
Not when it comes to the police, not matter how rich blacks are harassed equally..even black cops
uponit7771
May 2015
#328
She will garner over 90% of African American and Latino voters regardless of where they live...
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2015
#94
ya. i am now walking, that gay/black/women are one. that gives us greater numbers
seabeyond
May 2015
#16
Yep. And there were even black posters that didn't like Obama that were still run off or left
Number23
May 2015
#109
+1. I don't know how many times it must be said but "DU is not the real world". Not even close.
Tarheel_Dem
May 2015
#126
DU ain't even the same DU it was a few years ago! I'm surprised we are even allowed to type
Number23
May 2015
#135
"DU ain't even the same DU it was a few years ago!" Not since the Paulertarians took over.
Tarheel_Dem
May 2015
#140
Girl, they are flat out not even pretending anymore. There's another thread in GD right now
Number23
May 2015
#142
That doesn't shock me at all; nothing I read here actually shocks me anymore. The handful of....
Tarheel_Dem
May 2015
#148
I understand and I respect that 100%. For the most part, I find most of the anti-Hillary stuff
Number23
May 2015
#154
It feels like a board I left where the Cons kept insisting black people voted for PBO because they
freshwest
May 2015
#246
'Too inferior to even be considered Democrats.' Hard words, but it feels that way at times. n/t
freshwest
May 2015
#243
Where were they in 2010 and 2014? We lost states where their turnout was decisive and
betterdemsonly
May 2015
#19
Al Franken won in wipeout which was predicted. The Hillary clones in the Southern States all lost
betterdemsonly
May 2015
#32
She was the incumbent, elected for the first time in 2008 with Obama on the ticket
betterdemsonly
May 2015
#43
Iowa and Wisconsin were close elections with high turnouts. The dems still lost
betterdemsonly
May 2015
#60
There was still a substantial drop off between general and mid term participation
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2015
#69
Exactly. It could be argued that even Elizabeth Warren owes her Senate seat to Obama's....
Tarheel_Dem
May 2015
#86
Another day, another poll showing the vast majority of democrats love Hillary
workinclasszero
May 2015
#34
Your head is in the sand if you think the President has not spoken out against police abuses. Stop
Cha
May 2015
#227
Hillary will need a much younger & much more exciting VP than Bernie. Just sayin'.
Tarheel_Dem
May 2015
#120
VP doesn't have to be met in the middle or listened to at all Why sacrifice one of our best Senators
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#122
Bernie was in the trenches on Civil Rights, why doesn't he know about inequality issues?
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#127
Few would question Bernie's position on civil rights (vis-a-vis, PoC) ...
1StrongBlackMan
May 2015
#277
Honestly, what will Hillary Clinton do for the African American community?
BrotherIvan
May 2015
#282
I'se Negra and I view Clinton (mostly) favorably. I still don't know if that means she needs to be
Number23
May 2015
#110
"Clearly you need a stern talking to from Bernie's overwhelmingly white supporters."
Number23
May 2015
#141
And who the fuck are these "good DUers" that I supposedly "attacked" with this post??!
Number23
May 2015
#236
And your post is a fine example of the "liberal" line of thinking that many minorities
Number23
May 2015
#196
seriously? that is your answer and you are sticking to it? maybe you do think anyone not on
seabeyond
May 2015
#216
She's insulting minorities as voting against their self interests. Like they're not informed voters
Cha
May 2015
#248
We're not talking about some people but 87% of a major sub group. That's a lot...
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2015
#258
Wow! "Uninformed Voters". That kind of abuse is bound to have us lining up for miles.
Tarheel_Dem
May 2015
#298
I don't know why the Clintons have done nothing for black people. As a matter of fact they got more
craigmatic
May 2015
#197
I see some of the Bernie folks are trying to convince the African American folks on this board ...
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2015
#199
Simply stating the fact that Bernie's supporters are "all white" is passive aggressive?
Tarheel_Dem
May 2015
#249
I think who ever wins the nom is going to want the Obama coalition.. it's mighty and it's
Cha
May 2015
#237
Exactly, and then to have posters on here saying they're voting against their interests if they're
Cha
May 2015
#286
i get it all in hypocrisy. insist i hate sanders(only supportive of him). upper middle white so not
seabeyond
May 2015
#302