Politico: Warren Gets "Dramatic shift" in Support from Black Voters

[DrFunkenstein]

One element of Elizabeth Warren’s surge in the polls is likely to strike fear in her top Democratic rivals — her rising support among African-Americans.
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A Quinnipiac University national poll last week showed Warren winning 19 percent of the African-American vote — a nine-point jump over the poll’s August results. In the latest Morning Consult poll, released Wednesday, she’s up by five percentage points with black voters since August.
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“It’s certainly a dramatic shift that had to be noticed by the Biden campaign — and also Sanders, Harris and Buttigieg,” said Tim Malloy, Qunnipiac’s polling analyst. “Other [candidates] aren’t moving. And if they are, it’s in the wrong direction.”
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Warren, however, has faced doubts about her appeal to the party’s most loyal constituency. But months of outreach and targeted policy proposals appear to have made a mark.

“Elizabeth Warren has been speaking directly to a lot of black women’s issues,” said Avis Jones-DeWeever, a lead researcher on last month’s Essence-Black Women’s Roundtable poll, which has Warren in third place behind Biden and Harris. “I’m seeing those direct specifics that [she’s] looking at and focusing on.”

Her April appearance at the She The People forum — the first-ever presidential candidate forum focused on women of color — marked a significant milestone for her campaign, particularly in regards to black women. Following her remarks to a majority-black female audience, the Warren campaign sharpened its messaging to include issues unique to black Americans like maternal mortality rates and racial justice, an approach that some activists say helped alter the perception that Warren was a detached policy wonk.

“In terms of her building trust and authenticity, I believe that was the moment,” said Aimee Allison, founder and CEO of She The People. “The thing about [black women] is that we have networks of networks. When she impressed a room of 2,000 women of color, I could just see months later that she started getting people’s attention.”

Since then, Warren has continued to hold listening sessions with black women’s groups and community activists. Ahead of July’s Netroots Nation conference, one of the largest gatherings of progressive activists, Warren held a roundtable with a group of black organizers who then took to social media to express support for her platform.

https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/02/elizabeth-warren-black-voters-support-2020-016649

[Bradshaw3]

1. Blows up the theory that AA voters WON'T vote for Warren

That's been a common theme among some on here. This poll shows how quickly those numbers can change. Of course it was silly since she would get their votes in the GE.

[DrFunkenstein]

2. She Is Unfamiliar, Not Hated

Despite what some rival supporters might insinuate.

[Bradshaw3]

3. Exactly

And as was pointed out in what you posted the more they get to know her and her policies, the more they like her.

[LanternWaste]

4. Weird. "supporters love to tout polls all day long..."

The inherent irony is bemusing if not actually entertaining.

[Bradshaw3]

5. Except I dont "tout" polls all day long like they do. Speaking of irony ..

what's really weird is how you stalk people like me all day long. It would be ironic and amusing if it wasn't actually disturbing.