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Related: About this forumClinton Leads African American Millennials 64%-25%, Overall 73%-16%. Sanders Cornel West Problem.
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/2/16/1486070/-Clinton-Leads-African-American-Millennials-64-25-Overall-73-16-Sanders-Cornel-West-ProblemBy First Amendment
The latest NBC/SM weekly national polling has a couple of ominous warning signs for the Sanders campaign and great news for the Clinton campaign.
The Clinton campaign support among African Americans is holding nicely and as the polling graph below confirms, her support in the African American community has actually increased since Sanders blowout win in New Hampshire and is trending upwards.
More importantly, among African American millennials Clinton holds a sizable lead. Sanders income inequality platform has resonated among white millennials, but hasn't among young African Americans.
Why? I believe African Americans are interested in income equality, but they also know this isn't the cure all for the systemic racial problems in their communities.
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This brings me to Cornel West and his recent piece in Politico.
Having surrogates like Cornell West, who called the President a neoliberal in this piece, is not helping Sanders outreach. It may fire up his loyal revolutionary base, but it won't help with African American voters.
I wonder if Sanders thinks Wests thoughts on Obama are a "low blow?
www.politico.com/...
In the age of Barack Obama, this battle remained latent, with dissenting voices vilified. As a black president, Obama has tended to talk progressive but walk neoliberal in the face of outrageous right-wing opposition.
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Clinton Leads African American Millennials 64%-25%, Overall 73%-16%. Sanders Cornel West Problem. (Original Post)
MrWendel
Feb 2016
OP
There was a man called Barack who had a Jeremiah Wright problem... so the story goes. nt
thereismore
Feb 2016
#3
1 in 4 African American millennials support Bernie Sanders... That's awesome
Cheese Sandwich
Feb 2016
#5
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)1. K&R. AWESOME
floriduck
(2,262 posts)2. Here's another one. How funny! nm
thereismore
(13,326 posts)3. There was a man called Barack who had a Jeremiah Wright problem... so the story goes. nt
MrWendel
(1,881 posts)4. Barack ....
didn't believe in Magic ( to borrow a phrase from Paul Krugman), and it seems many African Americans don't believe in it now.
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)5. 1 in 4 African American millennials support Bernie Sanders... That's awesome
You're reading it totally the wrong way.
MrWendel
(1,881 posts)6. Like the time...
I was in 5th grade and I spun my dad's record backwards to see if it was playing a subliminal message?
Sheepshank
(12,504 posts)7. My god, but that's an awkward picture.
After all of his insults, he acts like he's positively fawning over Obama.
I am glad West is on Bernie's team.
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