Clinton Owes Her Commanding Lead to African-American Women

[msanthrope]

Mar 17, 2016

Clinton Owes Her Commanding Lead to African-American Women

Energized base could help her win swing states in November.
Jonathan Allen

There’s been a lot of talk about an enthusiasm gap between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in this election cycle: Every Democrat wants to vote for him and some reluctantly vote for her.

At least, that’s how the narrative goes. And it’s easy to believe if you’re a millennial—because it’s pretty true among your cohort—or, like many journalists, you spend a lot of time with elite white dudes.

But there’s another subset of the electorate that has been the story of the Democratic primary campaign: African-American women. More than any other demographic group, black women are the reason Hillary Clinton has racked up a 2 million-vote lead on Bernie Sanders and, more important, a 300-point advantage among pledged delegates to the Democratic National Convention.

The bedrock of her winning campaign is African-American women, and, as a group, these women seem pretty damn determined to vote for her.

“They are the absolute heart of the party,” Jaime Harrison, the South Carolina Democratic Party chairman said of African-American women in a comment posted on Sidewire (the political communication platform I work for). “Hillary is their BFF.”

- See more at: http://www.rollcall.com/news/opinion/clinton-owes-her-commanding-lead-to-african-american-women#sthash.kxHgymGG.dpuf

I know.... it's roll call. But since we're allowed to post right-wing sources that bash Hillary, I thought it would be interesting to post a rw source with a fairly informative article.....

[GreatGazoo]

1. that is so 4 months ago...

[msanthrope]

2. Wrong age demographic. Also, primary results are results. ntt

[msanthrope]

3. She Is A Sister’: How Black Voters Propelled Hillary Clinton To Super Tuesday Victory

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/03/03/3754701/hillary-clinton-women-of-color/

[msanthrope]

4. Kick. nt

[msanthrope]

5. Kick. nt

[seabeyond]

6. 2.75 million. That is almost 3 million. and I love this Op. Nt.

[msanthrope]

7. Women at the polls. We've not had even a century of the franchise. nt

[Number23]

8. You don't think those "blacks are low information voters" and "Southern states don't count" OPs

flew around here hard and fast for no reason, did you?

These folks know exactly who is supporting Clinton. Which is why so much of this forum has looked like Free Republic for a while.

[msanthrope]

9. Oh no....they had their purpose. The fact that the real, true progressives failed

to take out the trash and it came back to bite them on the ass? Unsurpising.