Black Vote

The Black Vote is Still President Obama's Trump Card, But Only if the Numbers Are There

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 02.13.2012

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Black voters will again give President Obama a sky high percentage of their vote in 2012. That was never in doubt. What is in doubt is how many will make up that percentage.

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Former GOP Aide Faces Consequences For Trying To Suppress Black Vote

AP | SARAH BRUMFIELD | Posted 02.05.2012

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BALTIMORE — A political aide to former Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich was convicted Tuesday of conspiring to use Election Day robocalls in what pr...

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Why Sharpton's Obama's New Go to Guy

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sharpton now is the White House go-to guy to shore up the troops -- blacks, Latinos, the poor and community activists. This is a constituency that no liberal or moderate Democrat, least of all Obama, can afford to ignore or alienate.

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In Georgia, Expect Record Numbers of Black Voters and Serious Tally Troubles

Pia Sawhney | Posted 05.25.2011

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The state of Georgia is one of those places northerners would likely choke to death in -- it's endlessly hot, sticky, and riddled with historical iniquities; as evinced by a Superior Court decision as recently as July in which the court ruled all voters must show state-issued ID cards when they arrive at the polls.

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Why California's Senate Race Will Be Nothing Like Massachusetts'

Aaron Glantz | Posted 05.25.2011

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If Republicans want to build on Scott Brown's victory in Massachusetts' Senate race in historically blue California this fall, they'll have to overcome the state GOP's inability to win over ethnic voters.

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Why Creigh Deeds Lost My Vote in the Virginia Governor's Race

Sophia A. Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011

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What ticks me off about Deeds' campaign is that it is so typical of what I think is the Achilles heel of the Democratic party: "Do as I say, not as I do" and, of course, rely heavily on the black vote to save us in each election.

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Democratic Ticket Could Be Nearly All-White Without Burris, Stroger

Chicago Sun-Times | Mark Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

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Without [Senator Roland] Burris or [Cook County President Todd] Stroger, Democrats run the risk of heading into the November 2010 election with only o...

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Devotion, Suspicion and Excitement in Louisville

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the heavily African American area of well-kept middle class houses next to Shawnee Park, in Louisville, Kentucky, people across from the polls at ...

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Pennsylvanians On Guard Against GOP Voter Suppression

Denise Dennis | Posted 05.25.2011

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In 2000, it was Florida. In 2004, it was Ohio. This year, the war over vote counts and GOP suppression efforts seem to be shifting. Some analysts hav...

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Obama Separates The Men From The Boys

Christine Wicker | Posted 05.25.2011

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In his Father's Day sermon, Obama made big progress with three tough voter groups, and all without making the slightest reference to any of them.

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Black Women Say Yay or Nay On Hillary

Melissa Ulto | Posted 05.25.2011

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Seven out of ten black women members of Congress have endorsed Hillary Clinton over Barack Obama. UrbnewsTV asks an activist and a hip-hop dj to weigh in.

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Latina Clinton Supporter Campaigns In Bronx

Matt Townsend | Posted 05.25.2011

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"Obama inspires me. He's black. I'm Hispanic. I'm a minority. Now I think I have a chance too," said Mejia, who took vacation days Thursday and Friday to volunteer for Clinton. "But do I believe he has experience or backbone? No."

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Race And, To A Lesser Extent, Gender Still Divide Dem Race

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Exit polls from the Democratic primary show an electorate still divided by race and gender - the former remains a wide gap in favor of Sen. Barack Oba...

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Obama Splits Black Caucus

Politico | Josephine Hearn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Even though Barack Obama may become the first African-American ever to represent a major party as the nominee for president, many black lawmakers on C...

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Southern Blacks Are Split Over Obama And Clinton

New York Times | SHAILA DEWAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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The People's Voice African-American Weekly News in tiny Roanoke, Ala., has not endorsed a candidate in the state's Democratic presidential primary on ...

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