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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOcasio-Cortez rallies for Cori Bush at The Ready Room
Saturday, July 21, Ocasio-Cortez came to St. Louis to stump for Florissant resident and congressional candidate Cori Bush, who is running against incumbent U.S. Rep. Wm. Lacy Clay (D-MO) in the Democratic primary on August 7th.
What Im asking for you to do is to support my sister Cori Bush, Ocasio-Cortez told the hundreds who came to the Ready Room to support Bushs congressional run. Support her because she supports improved and expanded Medicare for all. Support her, because she believes in tuition free college...support her because she believes in criminal justice reform and ending the war on drugs. Support her because she believes in a green New Deal to save our climate and our planet for our future.
http://www.stlamerican.com/news/local_news/ocasio-cortez-rallies-for-cori-bush-at-the-ready-room/article_7b8b5abc-8df1-11e8-85f5-1b8111cf0ce5.html
ladjf
(17,320 posts)She has injected a lot of energy into the Democratic party!
RandySF
(59,158 posts)I don't think they reflect the likely primary electorate.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Do you have a link to the video?
Quite a young crowd - which is a good sign if they come out to vote!
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)RandySF presented data, there are more Whites in the district that I suspected. So I stand corrected on that belief. I just don't see Blacks rejecting a capable Rep. Black voters are sensible in that regard, as well as a lot of other areas when it comes to knowing where their best interests lay.
RandySF
(59,158 posts)that while it is always good to see greater participation among people, the overall primary electorate is going to be older on average and more diverse than the crowd in that room. But if St. Louis changed as rapidly as rapidly as Brooklyn did, my hunch could be obsolete.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)I misspoke and your data confirmed that. Whites are close to 50:50 in that district. It is possible that a lot of people in that room could vote there. If that happens, all bets are off if the other candidate does not turn out his supporters well.
I owe Oberliner an apology on this one. Well, on to the next battle.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)RandySF
(59,158 posts)Cori Bush and a young lady in the crowd.
RandySF
(59,158 posts)Gender: 52.9% Female, 47.1% Male
Race[1]: 48.9% Black, 44.9% White, 2.3% Asian
Ethnicity: 3.2% Hispanic
Unemployment: 14.7%
Median household income $37,115
High school graduation rate 86.5%
College graduation rate 27.7%
https://ballotpedia.org/Missouri%27s_1st_Congressional_District