Sentences with phrase «black voters did»

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Black voters in red states should vote as they usually do for candidates, down the ballot — and leave their choice for President blank.

Not only do we think black voters should abstain from voting for the Democratic presidential nominee in red states, we also think black voters should continue their role as pivotal voters in battleground states.

As they enthusiastically did in 2008 and 2012, black voters should turn out in massive numbers this November in states where their votes can determine the margin of victory for the Democratic nominee — Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina and Florida.

Trump did not elaborate on how exactly he thought the election would be rigged, though he did make mention of his displeasure that a federal court had struck down a North Carolina voter ID law that the court said was specifically aimed at disenfranchising black voters.

Why do they frame this question as though it would make a difference to black voters?

I am white and I supported President Obama in both elections as did many other white voters so it wasen't just the black community that got President Obama elected..

Christians do not use the US Justice Dept to aid and abet Black Panthers armed voter intimidation in Philadelphia like Obama did.

how about you libs asking your black voters to value an education (like Obama did)?

ICYM the second item in my DN column this morning: When he gets done shoring up his support with black voters, Democratic gubernatorial frontrunner Andrew Cuomo may have to do damage control with the gay community.

At least 62 percent of voters from every region of the state and every party agree that Spitzer should leave his political aspirations on the shelf next year and refrain from seeking statewide office, although he does continue to have a reservoir of support (more than 40 percent) among black and Latino voters.

On a more positive note, it is also possible that there could be something of a «reverse Bradley effect», whereby normally Republican voters don't admit in polls that they will vote for a Black Democrat... but then do because they can't stand McCain.

Democratic insiders say Nixon's chances are still slim, but especially so if she doesn't make inroads with crucial black voters, a bloc from which Cuomo has enjoyed healthy support in recent years and with whom progressives like Bernie Sanders failed to garner support with their more class - focused economic populist messages.

Kelly has a sky - high approval rating, with 66 percent of those polled stating they like the job he's doing, though there is a clear divide along race lines, with 78 of white voters saying they approve, versus just 51 percent of black voters.

According to the latest poll, Thompson ranks third in black voters support and 40 percent don't know him.

Black voters give him an enthusiastic yes; white voters don't think so,» Mr. Carroll said.

But among Black voters, 71 percent approve of de Blasio versus 21 percent who don't.

In terms of the shift of black voters, I just wanted to point out that it did not occur in the 1960s.

Once they had the data showing the majority of voters who did not own a drivers license were black, which is what they were looking for, they passed a voter I.D. law saying you had to have a drivers license to vote, thus disenfranchising thousands of black voters.

Most American voters don't think Black Lives Matter can ensure equal justice for all, poll shows NY Daily News

All three representatives are also African - American and strongly hinted at a weakness Mr. Sanders, a Vermont independent and self - described socialist, has yet to overcome, even as he appears increasingly likely to do damage to Ms. Clinton in New Hampshire and Iowa: black and Latino voters still don't support him or even really know who he is.

Forty - seven percent of voters polled don't approve of Black's selection to replace Joel Klein as chancellor.

He does enjoy a high 58 percent favorable rating from black voters in the most recent Quinnipiac University poll, though his numbers among white voters is higher.

The poll found that the approval ratings are split among racial and residential lines, with 69 percent of white voters approving of the job the mayor's doing, while only 52 percent of black voters and 56 percent of Hispanic voters responded positively.

I wondered why black voters who didn't turn out for the first African - American president in history were going to flood to the polls for Pryor, or how Pryor would do well enough with whites for the party's field program to matter.

But the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, charged with making sure that seat deficit doesn't grow any larger, is hoping to mobilize the same coalition of votes — specifically black voters — who propelled Obama to election and reelection to boost their candidates this fall.

Lhota trails de Blasio by 50 points in the latest public opinion polls, and does particularly poorly among minority voters, with just 6 percent of black voters and 10 percent of Latino voters.

What the Senate minority didn't count on was the Republican presidential candidate being toxic to black and Hispanic voters and alienating a

On the stand, the mayor — who narrowly won the 2009 race against then - city Comptroller Bill Thompson, who is black — said he believed the ballot security effort was meant to ensure that voters didn't encounter problems at the polls, and paying for it through the party was simply standard procedure.

«De Blasio's numbers say he's doing just what he did on election day which is so - so among white voters... and overwhelmingly well among black voters,» Carroll said.

Black voters still approve of de Blasio by a lot; white voters don't,» Quinnipiac University Poll Assistant Director Maurice Carroll said in a statement.

Did 74 percent of white and 94 percent of black female Democratic mayoral primary voters follow the lead of some phantom misogynist bogeyman?

A Quinnipiac University poll Wednesday found that 57 % of black voters approve of the job Ms. McCray is doing as first lady, compared with 39 % of white voters.

Voters with children in public schools disapprove of the appointment 62 - 25 percent and say 63 - 21 percent that Black does not have the right experience.

Mr. Sharpton, in introducing Mr. Cuomo, also seemed to hint at the scramble between Mr. Cuomo and Ms. Nixon to win over black voters — and seemed to take a swipe at Ms. Nixon for merely «talking about» being progressive, although he did not mention her by name.

It is unique in being a seat that has a majority of ethnic minority voters, but a Conservative Member of Parliament - a sign that the party does not struggle to quite the same extent with Hindu voters as it does with Muslim or black voters.

Black Swan is doing really well so far in the early stage of the race, meaning it's well liked by the Golden Globes voters and the Critics Choice voters, so far.

Why it might not: Honestly, despite a Black List script, Bryan Sipe is an X factor and Wild didn't dazzle Oscar voters in the same way that Dallas Buyers Club did.

If the Oscars need an excuse to get over their squeamishness about the film's genre, all voters need to do is look at Black Panther's scores on Rotten Tomatoes (97 percent) and Metacritic (88) to have those tastes validated.

Black Panther doesn't quite have an actor who fits that profile (Forest Whitaker comes closest, but his role within the film is probably too minor, while Lupita Nyong» o's role might be too quiet to attract Academy voters), but it does have an up - and - coming movie star, in a major supporting role, who gives the kind of flashy - but - deep performance that actors love.

[However] in four southern states — Aabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas — Obama did more poorly than John Kerry did four years ago... During Reconstruction, there were as many as 16 black members of Congress, but by 1901, black Southerners had been virtually expunged from politics, even as voters... Governing is complicated, so merely winning an election does not constitute the end of the battle.»

These black and Latino urban voters will continue to support the lesser - of - two - evils and the Democratic Party doesn't have to have any awkward conversations with the NEA or the AFT.

The opposing party has done a perfectly fine job portraying itself as a party hostile to the broader interests of these same black and Latino voters.

All we Dems have to do is constantly remind black and Latino voters how bad the Republicans are for them and our hands are essentially washed of the «collision - course» problem.

And in New Orleans, a substantial group of African - American voters believed that the financial harm done by firing thousands of teachers after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 undermined the economic base of the black community, hurting students more than the school improvements helped them.

There may have been a few voters who just didn't like a black president and didn't want a woman president either.

Photo ID laws, like the one in Texas, often require forms of ID from a very limited list that hundreds of thousands of voters do not have access to, particularly Black and Latino groups.