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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDear Senator Sanders, Barack Obama did better among white voters than John Kerry and Al Gore
https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/polls/us-elections/how-groups-voted/how-groups-voted-2000/https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/polls/us-elections/how-groups-voted/how-groups-voted-2004/
https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/polls/us-elections/how-groups-voted/how-groups-voted-2008/
I think you know there are a lot of white folks out there who are not necessarily racist who felt uncomfortable for the first time in their lives about whether or not they wanted to vote for an African-American,
-Bernie Sanders
https://www.thedailybeast.com/bernie-sanders-on-andrew-gillium-and-stacey-abrams-many-whites-uncomfortable-voting-for-black-candidates?ref=scroll
-Bernie Sanders
https://www.thedailybeast.com/bernie-sanders-on-andrew-gillium-and-stacey-abrams-many-whites-uncomfortable-voting-for-black-candidates?ref=scroll
If someone won't vote for an African American guy or gal they probably won't be voting for a Democrat.
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Dear Senator Sanders, Barack Obama did better among white voters than John Kerry and Al Gore (Original Post)
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2018
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uponit7771
(90,339 posts)1. K&R !!! What would Sander consider a racist then? What is his bar?
That comment really pisses me off.
tman
(983 posts)2. Maybe he should shut the hell up about race.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)4. He keeps trying to be relevant on race and he can't.....
brush
(53,778 posts)5. It's sad. That was his achilles heel in 2016. He needs to get out of 95%...
white Vermont more often. He be better informed then.
Tarheel_Dem
(31,234 posts)6. Race isn't top of mind for Sanders since he lives in the one of the whitest states in the country.
He's very clumsy when it comes to issues of race.
Wintryjade
(814 posts)7. But Sanders specifically states "this time". I want clarification on the point of "this time".