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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Nov 7, 2016, 12:08 PM Nov 2016

Big trouble for Trump as voter turnout ‘explodes’ among blacks and Hispanics [View all]

Source: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE

07 NOV 2016 AT 10:19 ET

Voter turnout among African American and Hispanic voters in the United States is surging, and this swell of minority participation could spell trouble for Donald Trump’s White House hopes.

On Sunday — the last day of early voting before Election Day on November 8 — hundreds of people attended “Souls to the Polls” events, aimed at encouraging churchgoers to vote across the key swing state of Florida.

Some came straight from morning worship, wearing three-piece suits and dresses as they made their way past dozens of campaigners hoisting signs for local candidates and urging support for solar energy and education issues.

At one event in central Miami, people held hands and prayed outside an early voting site, while at another in southern Miami-Dade County, about 20 African American men rolled in together on motorcycles.

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Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/big-trouble-for-trump-as-voter-turnout-explodes-among-blacks-and-hispanics/

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Awesome news! smirkymonkey Nov 2016 #1
Trump is about to get his ass kicked by the very people he insulted! Qutzupalotl Nov 2016 #2
wooooot! wordpix Nov 2016 #31
Attempts at voter suppression backfired. yardwork Nov 2016 #3
This phenomenon along with the Trump campaign's lack of a ground game are not being represented in Chakab Nov 2016 #4
Some polls admit they may be vastly undercounting ESL & non-english speaking voters (ie latinos) Crash2Parties Nov 2016 #42
Souls to the Polls!!!! bucolic_frolic Nov 2016 #5
When you start your campaign attacking a racial group you think they are going to accept it? kimbutgar Nov 2016 #20
Well, no, but his hope was that most Americans would agree with that attack.... Moonwalk Nov 2016 #24
Bigly Yuge! ChairmanAgnostic Nov 2016 #23
Turning out the vote Lotusflower70 Nov 2016 #27
Excellent, and thank you! NastyRiffraff Nov 2016 #41
Let the Blue Dawgs loose! Xipe Totec Nov 2016 #28
Just heard Trump say he's getting minority voters ... left-of-center2012 Nov 2016 #33
That is pretty fucking funny I have to agree madokie Nov 2016 #38
This is all great news madokie Nov 2016 #37
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