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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,106 posts)
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 03:08 PM Mar 2020

Sorry, Bernie. You Can't Win the Democratic Nomination Without Loyal Black Voters

WASHINGTON — Senator Bernie Sanders was well on his way to winning the Democratic Party nomination … and then black voters had their turn.

It began with Joe Biden’s decisive victory in the South Carolina primary, where a strong turnout by a predominantly black electorate performed life support on Biden’s flatlining campaign. The pattern continued on March 3rd, Super Tuesday, when Biden swept the southern primary states including Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama, and Tennessee. He even eked out a victory in Texas thanks in part to widespread support from black voters there.

And then on Tuesday, Super Tuesday 2.0, Biden ran roughshod over Sanders with wins in Michigan, Missouri, and Mississippi. Yet again, he trounced Sanders among older black voters and collected most of the delegates up for grabs, moving that much closer to the nomination.

“African American voters literally put Joe Biden on their back and carried him over the goal line,” says Ace Smith, a Democratic political consultant who worked for Sen. Kamala Harris’s presidential run. “Without their support, he doesn’t win. It’s just that simple.”

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/bernie-sanders-primary-black-voters-965732/

But that's identity politics.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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Sorry, Bernie. You Can't Win the Democratic Nomination Without Loyal Black Voters (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2020 OP
He all but said they don't count in his speech today. HarlanPepper Mar 2020 #1
The young people who support Bernie in the polls a lot more than Jarqui Mar 2020 #2
He's already lost Sucha NastyWoman Mar 2020 #3
Apparently Bernie doesn't need to reach out to voters mcar Mar 2020 #4
 

HarlanPepper

(2,042 posts)
1. He all but said they don't count in his speech today.
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 03:10 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Jarqui

(10,110 posts)
2. The young people who support Bernie in the polls a lot more than
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 03:31 PM
Mar 2020

the voting booth support Bernie more than Joe and that is meaningful to Bernie's cherry-picking of who to appreciate

But Bernie expects us accept that seniors or black support isn't as important when in fact, the ballot boxes are tallying just how important they are to Bernie's detriment.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

mcar

(42,210 posts)
4. Apparently Bernie doesn't need to reach out to voters
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 03:34 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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