African American Voters

WATCH: Mitt Romney And Those 'Mormon Moments'

Jacques Berlinerblau | Posted 05.13.2012

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We are now living through the biggest "Mormon moment" of them all, and the coming months will teach us a lot about America and its ability to fully embrace its religious minorities.

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On Marriage, African Americans Aren't a Monolithic Voting Bloc

Minister Leslie Watson Malachi | Posted 05.10.2012

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In 2008, I heard too many pundits imply that African Americans would automatically vote for President Obama simply because he is black. Today, I'm hearing that the only thing that will drive us away from him is the issue of marriage for gays and lesbians. Both assumptions are offensive.

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Voter Registration Among Latinos, Blacks: Up Or Down?

Posted 05.07.2012

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Has voter registration among Latinos and African-Americans gone up or down since the 2008 election? Considering how important these two voting blo...

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Protecting Democracy in America Means Protecting Voting Rights and Civil Rights

Gerry Hudson | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Latinos, African-American Voters, Seiu, Immigration, Labor Unions, Civil Rights, Immigration Reform, Alabama Immigration, Alabama, Latino Voters, Voting Rights, Alabama Immigration Law, Working Families, Unions, Voting, Bv-Politics, Black Voices News

It is imperative that we not only understand the fight against restrictive voter ID laws , but that we also acknowledge that racist, anti-immigration laws, like Alabama's HB56, is an assault on the very values that civil rights marchers stood for nearly 50 years ago.

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The Golden Years: One Step Forward or Several Steps Back?

Gerry Hudson | Posted 04.18.2012

While the recent drop in unemployment numbers is great news, I wonder about how it will impact older African-American baby boomers. Our looming retirement security crisis, disproportionally affects African Americans, many of whom are retiring in poverty after a lifetime of work.

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President Obama Makes Rare Overture To Black Voters With Video Announcement (WATCH)

HuffingtonPost.com | Trymaine Lee | Posted 02.01.2012

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In the latest push to energize and engage black voters, President Barack Obama's reelection campaign this morning launched African Americans for Obama...

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How Obama Can Win in 2012

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 03.02.2012

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With Romney as the Republican nominee, Obama will have a serious opponent. There are, however, several things which could break Obama's way, and over which the campaign has some control.

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Voter ID Law In Texas An 'Over My Dead Body' Issue

HuffingtonPost.com | Trymaine Lee | Posted 12.29.2011

Read More: Voter ID Laws, African-American Voters, Video, Latino Voters, Voter Suppression, Naacp, South Carolina Politics, Black Voices News

Last week the Justice Department blocked a South Carolina law that would require voters to produce photo identification at the polls. Now a similar Te...

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Obama Taps Campaign Star To Rally Crucial Black And Minority Vote

HuffingtonPost.com | Trymaine Lee | Posted 01.01.2012

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CHICAGO -- When Michael Blake became an organizer with then-Senator Barack Obama's 2008 presidential election campaign, he was just 25 and was already...

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Maxine Waters: Obama's Speech 'A Bit Curious'

AP | Posted 11.26.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Maxine Waters says she's not sure who President Barack Obama was talking to when he told black Americans to quit complaining a...

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Falling Out of Love With Obama

Omar Tyree | Posted 11.08.2011

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As we now head toward a reelection campaign, where the president asks the people to "Finish what we started," the African-American community is forced to ask itself, which "we" is President Barack Obama referring to?

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Obama Losing Liberal And Black Support Over Jobs Record

HuffingtonPost.com | Alex Wagner | Posted 09.25.2011

Amidst new research showing historic disparity in wealth between whites and minorities, President Obama is facing plummeting approval over his jobs ag...

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Braun Branches Out: Tries Reaching All Chicago Voters

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Not long after Chicago's black leaders settled on former Sen. Carol Moseley Braun as their best hope to elect an African-American mayo...

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DNC Abandons Black Voters and Loses the House: Too Little, Too Late

Danny Bakewell | Posted 05.25.2011

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When you look at the recent election, where Democrats advertised, went into the black community, campaigned and asked for our vote, we won.

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Congressional Black Caucus Chair Barbara Lee Says Democrats Will Fight On

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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"The public did not reject the Democrats. This was a referendum in part for change and in part out of anger and frustration over the economy and the job situation."

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While We're on Having "Your Back," Mr. President ...

Charles D. Ellison | Posted 05.25.2011

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In recent months, Democrats have pulled a respectable amount of political capital to energize the African American vote, their most reliable voting bl...

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Claim That Blacks Back the Tea Party is Pure PT Barnum Bunkum

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Despite some private grousing that Obama hasn't said and done enough on black concerns, African Americans will still back his reelection bid by off the chart margins.

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Is President Obama in Danger of Losing the Black Vote?

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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The fact that Valma Hart in a crucial public forum on national TV had the audacity to confront the President with a perfectly legitimate concern speaks volumes about the level of unrest among some core Obama supporters.

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African-American Voter Turnout in 2010 May Hinge on the President Who Happens to be Black

Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

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An African-American friend told me that "Obama is not the African-American President. He's a black man who happens to be the President." Will that no...

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Michael Steele In Chicago: Republican Party Has 'Mistreated' African American Voters

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Why should an African-American vote Republican? "You really don't have a reason to, to be honest -- we haven't done a very good job of really givin...

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Arkansas Senate Race: Black Voters Emerging As Key Voting Bloc In Tuesday's Runoff

AP | ANDREW DeMILLO | Posted 05.25.2011

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WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. — African-American voters couldn't help the man who became the nation's first black president win Arkansas in 2008. But the D...

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Does the Black Church Support Immigration Reform? A conversation with Bishop Vashti McKenzie, African Methodist Episcopal Church

Rev. Romal J. Tune | Posted 05.25.2011

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For several months I've been in conversations with organizations working to bring about comprehensive immigration reform. All of these organizations ...

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Debunking the Myth that Latinos Elected Obama

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Latinos certainly deserve their fair share of Obama appointments and cabinet posts, but that's far different than turning the quest for Obama appointments into a numbers game, a quota game.

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Chip Saltsman Leads GOP To Soul-Searching Period

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Republican National Committee is set to host a historic series of discussions and debates in early January that will likely affect not just the fu...

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The Power of the Ballot: One-Person, One-Vote, en Masse

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Disenfranchisement, Civil Rights Act, African American Voters, Voting Rights Act, Lyndon B. Johnson, Fifteenth Amendment, United States Constitution, Enfranchisement, Barack Obama, Poll Tax, Redemption, Gerrymander, Voting, Politics News

The importance of the black vote in last Tuesday's election can only be fully appreciated when considered against the historical backdrop of black enfranchisement.

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