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In reply to the discussion: Kirsten Gillibrand saw the big picture and it paid big dividends. [View all]LiberalBrooke
(527 posts)36. Yes, black voters made a difference.
If it was up to white voters only Moore would have won. That is a sad fact for white people.
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Yet still most voters exit polled didnt even know about the recent yearbook revelations.
herding cats
Dec 2017
#12
I'm not buying. Voters had made up their minds without the resignation of Al Franken
flamingdem
Dec 2017
#5
Youre right. The majority of voters didnt even know about the recent year book revelations.
herding cats
Dec 2017
#16
So Black Voters came out because of something Gillibrand/Al Franken ? it had nothing to do with an
JI7
Dec 2017
#10
It was comparable to the Roy Moore campaign that said Franken was worse because there
Doodley
Dec 2017
#76
This. Alabama black voters punching above their weight. Lots of doors/calls/ feet in the street.
Turn CO Blue
Dec 2017
#17
I presume Moore claiming that America was great during slavery didn't go over very well.
LisaL
Dec 2017
#38
It was a vote against Roy Moore, but also a vote against Trump (rightly tarred with the same brush
Doodley
Dec 2017
#77
You don't seem to give any of the white folk who voted for Doug Jones credit. Okay, their
Doodley
Dec 2017
#79
Of course I thank black people for voting Democrat, but you said don't give credit to white folk.
Doodley
Dec 2017
#91
Not convincing but a worthy try since she is a member of the Democratic Party.
gordianot
Dec 2017
#54
A black vote is more heroic than a white vote? If the white vote stuck to Moore in the same numbers
Doodley
Dec 2017
#82
Do you have ANY idea of the obstacles placed in the way of black people voting? n/t
Denzil_DC
Dec 2017
#93
A new poll shows 53% nationwide think Trump should resign over sexual allegations.
Doodley
Dec 2017
#83