Sentences with phrase «black voters said»

Statewide, 47 percent of black voters said they support de Blasio in his battle with Cuomo, compared to 21 percent who said they supported the governor.

In a Syracuse.com/Spectrum News / Siena College opinion poll released Oct. 10, only 3 percent of black voters said they would vote for Walsh and 68 percent said they would choose Juanita Perez Williams, the Democratic candidate.

In a Q poll this week, 72 percent of black voters said the mayor deserves re-election, compared with 23 percent of whites.

By contrast, roughly two in three black voters said they had heard from the Clinton organization.

But there's a large racial divide, with 53 % of black voters saying Weiner should remain in the race, and 64 % of white voters saying it's time for him to hang it up.

While many have claimed the film's handling of Sam Rockwell's racist cop character is problematic at best, one black voter said the film was his «favorite» and it would be getting his number - one slot for Best Picture.

Not exact matches

But J. Gerald Hebert, director of the Voting Rights and Redistricting Program at the public - interest Campaign Legal Center in Washington, said the states drew districts with more black voters than necessary to «dilute their voting strength in order to achieve a partisan gain.»

The black voters in Philly, and I say this based on 30 years of picking juries and talking to them, are more likely to have a family member who is a police officer, a family member who is in jail, and a family member who has been killed or severely victimized.

He mentioned some of the claims, including one that five busloads of black voters from Mississippi came into the state to vote, which he said was proven false after an investigation.

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.

Religion News Service: Black pastors move to counter new voter ID laws African - American clergy are joining forces with civil rights groups to push for increased voter registration ahead of the November election, spurred on by new voter laws they say restrict opportunities for minorities to enter the voting booth.

«It's important to note that white evangelicals, like so many voters this year, had significant reservations about both candidates,» said Amy Black, professor of political science at Wheaton College.

The German democracy is much less black - and - white than, say, the US one and the large majority of voters value adherence to democratic principles much higher than having their party win at all costs.

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.

And the at - large system in the East Ramapo Central School District denies them that opportunity because what we have there is heavily racially polarized voting in which the white community votes as a bloc, and black and Latino voters vote as a bloc and, because the white community outnumbers them they're able to win elections again and again and again,» Grossman says.

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.

Mr. Sharpe sued Mr. Parker for $ 10 million, saying he was damaged by a newspaper story in which the senator was quoted as saying that Mr. Sharpe had entered the race at Mr. Dear's behest with the aim of drawing black voters away from Mr. Parker.

Black Democratic voters also favored de Blasio over all other candidates, including Thompson, the only black candidate in the primary, whom only 25 percent of those surveyed said they backed, according to the Black Democratic voters also favored de Blasio over all other candidates, including Thompson, the only black candidate in the primary, whom only 25 percent of those surveyed said they backed, according to the black candidate in the primary, whom only 25 percent of those surveyed said they backed, according to the poll.

Leroy Gadsden, head of the Jamaica NAACP, said the task force's proposal to create an additional Senate seat upstate would violate the civil rights of black downstate voters who are Democratic, because upstate would have an additional elected official, who was likely to be a Republican and white.

Grant also said people shouldn't automatically assume Schroeder, who has an Irish background, will perform poorly with black voters.

Minority lawmakers in both chambers have been speaking out about the Senate's plan, which they say disenfranchises black and Latino voters all over the state, but particularly in NYC, on Long Island and in the Rochester and Buffalo areas.

The Dean of the New York Congressional Delegation then rambled a bit about how black voters were supporting gays long before Baptist ministers were something or other (I couldn't quite follow what he said), then Rangel got back on message, adding that no matter what the polls say, at the end of the day Spitzer will not have the votes in the African American community that current polling suggests.

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

Strong black voter support for Spitzer — who resigned as governor amid a federal probe of money laundering and prostitution and who once used the State Police to smear a political foe — has mystified many New York Democrats, although Wright said he wasn't surprised.

Both Espaillat and Wright said they want federal officials to monitor the voting in their primary, claiming black and Latino voters may be inappropriately barred from voting.

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.

«Similarly, large majorities of Democrats, New York City voters, blacks, Latinos and younger voters want the Feds to bring civil rights charges, while Republicans are opposed, and upstaters, suburbanites, white and older voters are closely divided,» Greenberg said.

Democrats, women, liberals, moderates, New York City, black, and Jewish voters and voters over the age of 55 said the incident should lead to stronger gun control laws, while Republicans, men, conservatives, and upstaters said some acts of violence simply can't be prevented.

«A majority of Democrats, independents, voters from every region and race agree that the Attorney General and not local district attorneys should have authority in cases where unarmed civilians are killed by police officers, although Democrats, New York City voters, blacks and Latinos feel most strongly about this,» Siena College pollster Steve Greenberg said.

Late last month, Basil Paterson, the governor's father and a longtime Rangel ally, said on New York 1 that Cuomo's 2002 run against McCall had left a «sour taste» among black voters and suggested a repeat performance by the attorney general could cost him the black vote.

Johnson said the CBC and black voters should use their leverage as a voting bloc to work with Trump instead of always toeing the Democratic line and being taken for granted by party leaders.

Running against Paterson would undo the years of hard work Cuomo put in to improve his standing with black voters, Rangel said.

More than once during the hourlong press conference in the hot sun, elected officials said the incident would be a test for Mr. de Blasio, who was elected with the support of black and Latino voters looking for a change in how the NYPD deals with their communities.

Black voters approve 5 - 1; Hispanic voters approve by 19 percentage points and white voters disapprove almost 2 - 1,» Quinnipiac University Poll Assistant Director Maurice Carroll said in a statement.

«Black voters matter for Secretary Hillary Clinton in the New York Democratic primary,» said Quinnipiac University Poll Assistant Director Maurice Carroll.

«Despite all the hoo - hah in the media about Police Commissioner William Bratton's «Broken Windows» theory of policing, black, white and Hispanic voters approve of Bratton and want their windows fixed,» said Quinnipiac pollster Maurice Carroll.

he said, apparently alluding to indignation from the Sanders camp that black voters have favored Ms. Clinton over himself in presidential primaries so far.

But Dustin Reidy, who recently started a voter outreach group called NY 19 Votes, said the district could succeed with someone, man or woman, black or white, «who can really connect with voters by talking about the bottom line — wages, pocketbook issues.»

«People wonder why there's a credibility problem with Democrats,» he said, noting that black voter turnout dropped for Hillary Clinton in 2016 from historic levels with President Barack Obama.

«It is very interesting to me that everything that was great about the bill was introduced but everything that protects minority and black voters was left totally as if this never even happened,» Walker said.

It will be interesting to see what he says about Cuomo's current troubles with black voters and his thoughts on the lack of diversity on the statewide Democratic ticket.

The DCCC has undertaken a new black voter outreach initiative — which the committee says is the most expansive and expensive project in the history of the DCCC — that has consisted of demographic focus groups, battleground polling, ad testing and renewed ground game in black neighborhoods.

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.

Republican operatives said that the currently push underscores a long - made GOP argument: that Democrats take black voters for granted.

Clinton «leads Sanders in many New York demographic groups except the young folks and very liberal voters, but it's a huge lead among black voters that gives her a comfortable double - digit margin,» Carroll said.

A Bronx Democratic source said it's not sitting well with his side that the lines of NY - 15 might be manipulated northward to maintain Rangel's so - called «black» district, making up for the steady increase of Hispanic voters in its current confines, while letting Manhattan retain control.

Black support for Spitzer has diminished the last couple of weeks and the poll finds Stringer leads among self - described liberal voters and among the college - educated, Carroll said.

Twenty percent of voters said Sharpton was the top black leader in New York City.

And once again, black voters make the big difference,» Carroll said.