Reply #115: Lose the South = Lose African Americans (half of them, anyway!) [View All]

[southlandshari]

According to the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, 54% of African Americans in the United States live in the South.

http://www.civilrights.org/research_center/civilrights101/demographics.html#live

So. Everyone here that talked incessantly about "the black vote" and the need for black voters to "wake up" or "vote in their own self interest, for once" et al -- but couldn't bother to take any interest in Kerry's appearances at the CBC annual convention or on the Tom Joyner Morning Show -- what are you going to do if you kick out this huge chunk of the population you love to give marching orders (but little else)?

For all of us "down here," white or black, one thing is certain. If the "ignore the South" contingent in the Democratic Party wins, we'll feel it the hardest in...ummm...uh... well... I don't know. The national party has largely ignored us all for a quite some time now.