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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBlack Voters, Mothers, and Millennials Carried Doug Jones to Victory
Black Voters, Mothers, and Millennials Carried Doug Jones to VictoryCan they make the difference in other red states in 2018?
By Joan Walsh TODAY 9:30 AM
There was healing justice in the way the vote rolled in from Alabama Tuesday night, as Democrat Doug Jones defeated racist, ultra-right deposed judge and accused child molester Roy Moore, in an unexpected victory that put an Alabama Senate seat in Democratic hands for the first time in 25 years.
As the hours passed we learned that black votersfrom Selma to Montgomery to Birmingham, those citadels of the civil-rights movementexceeded their turnout for Barack Obama in 2012, delivering Jones the victory.
The bottom line is that black voters saved the country once again. And they did it on the first night of Hanukkaha sad blow to Moores Jew lawyer, as the Republicans bigoted wife Kayla Moore put it at a disastrous Monday-night rally that probably cost Moore more votes than it won him.
A roster of groups devoted to black turnout, from Black PAC to #BlackVotersMatter to the NAACP, plus a web of small Alabama groups, pioneered new approaches that will be studied and possibly replicated in 50 states come November 2018. Once again, though, lets take a moment to thank black women, who supported Jones 98-2.
https://www.thenation.com/article/black-voters-mothers-and-millennials-carried-doug-jones-to-victory/
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Black Voters, Mothers, and Millennials Carried Doug Jones to Victory (Original Post)
workinclasszero
Dec 2017
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Once again, though, lets take a moment to thank black women, who supported Jones 98-2.
Raster
Dec 2017
#1
I can hardly wait. I am hoping my state -Arizona- slugs off of it's "Tea Party" hangover....
Raster
Dec 2017
#6
Well the republicans are readying a billionaire welfare bill/shiv to stab America in the back with
workinclasszero
Dec 2017
#7
Raster
(20,998 posts)1. Once again, though, lets take a moment to thank black women, who supported Jones 98-2.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)3. Huzzah!
Raster
(20,998 posts)4. Yes indeed! Black women also went for Clinton just over 90%.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)5. Saving the nation one election at a time
2018 elections are going to be mind blowing!
Raster
(20,998 posts)6. I can hardly wait. I am hoping my state -Arizona- slugs off of it's "Tea Party" hangover....
...and somewhat comes back to its senses and helps elect the next Democratic POTUS.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)7. Well the republicans are readying a billionaire welfare bill/shiv to stab America in the back with
before Christmas.
I expect many millions more pissed off anti republican voters in 2018!
Kittycow
(2,396 posts)2. Thank you