Sentences with phrase «black voters support»

Fifty percent of white voters and 52 percent of black voters support him.

The Democratic party has been guilty many times of assuming Black voters support.

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

The Q - poll today found that while there's very little gap between male and female voters on whether to back Spitzer or Stringer, black voters support the former governor by a margin of 61 percent to 32 percent.

And while more than 90 percent of black voters supported Jackson in recent primaries, Hertzke notes that «many of these same black voters register remarkable sympathy for Robertson...» Robertson's appeal among blacks is correctly attributed to religious and cultural attitudes.

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.

A Twitter account for the Democratic governor's re-election campaign, @QuinnForIL, tweeted out an article last week that compared black voters supporting Quinn's Republican challenger, Bruce Rauner, to Jewish people collaborating with the Nazis during World War II against their own people in hopes of being spared the same fate.

Not exact matches

By converting «wasted» presidential votes into «none of the above» or support for third - party candidates in Oklahoma, Arizona and other deep red states in the South — the Confederacy, essentially — black voters would exert pressure on party leaders to not take black voters and their issues for granted.

Hebert signed on to briefs supporting the black voters in both states.

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..

At the same time, black voters overwhelmingly supported Obama in 2008, while more recent polling shows a nearly equal level of support for the president's 2012 reelection.

In California, 70 % of African - Americans supported Prop 8, the 2008 state gay marriage ban, even though 94 % of black voters in California backed Obama.

Of great significance was the fact that two black Democratic candidates, David Dinkins in New York City and Douglas Wilder in Virginia, used their support for legalized abortion to persuade white voters that their politics were «moderate» and «mainstream.»

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.

Paterson joked he wanted to form a «group therapy session» for black voters and others who support underdog candidates.

Condi was supported by others earlier as being a shock and awe VP choice.It won't happen.She has expressed no interest in being a public candidate, and likely would be very bad at it.In many ways, she is a delicate flower; and would not easily survive in the political garden of vipers.And what would she add to the GOP ticket?A slight tick up for black voters?

Schneiderman has positioned himself as the most liberal candidate in the five - person Democratic AG field, and also the choice of Latino and black voters, which explains his support of Espaillat (although the two have a longstanding relationship; Espaillat backed Schneiderman when former NYC Councilman Guillermo Linares mounted a failed primary challenge to the Manhattan senator in 2002).

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.

The NY Post reports this morning that a group of African - American Democratic leaders, headed by state Party Co-Chair Keith Wright, are mobilizing to try to erode the support among black voters enjoyed by former Gov. Eliot Spitzer as he heads into the final weeks of his NYC comptroller battle with his primary opponent, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer.

If black voters turn out in record numbers to support Cuomo simply because of Brown, I'll be shocked.

On Tuesday afternoon, Cynthia Nixon vowed to fight for stricter gun - control laws, stand up for black voters, and support the legalization of marijuana in her first national TV interview since declaring her candidacy for governor of New York.

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.

Carroll noted that perhaps the most interesting demographic breakdown in the race was the support Weiner was receiving from black voters.

The tech firm launched a new ad Monday featuring a «home sharing» Bronx couple — a message that seems aimed at building support for Airbnb among black voters and lawmakers.

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.

But support remains among his base of black, Latino and Democrat voters.

At the last General Election, more than two thirds of voters from Britain's black and ethnic minority (BME) communities supported Labour; only 16 % voted for us (source: Ethnic Minority British Election Study (PDF)-RRB-.

A super PAC supporting state Sen. Adriano Espaillat in Tuesday's Democratic congressional primary for retiring Rep. Charles Rangel's seat suggests suppression of white and black voters can help the Dominican - born candidate win.

They're especially worried about her key base of support — black voters — staying home.

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.

When Mr. Bloomberg ran for a third term in 2009 against Bill Thompson, who is black, his performance in minority communities was staggeringly low: just 22 and 23 percent of black male and female voters supported Mr. Bloomberg, exit polls showed.

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.

Her base of support was Long Island, the five boroughs, and upstate cities, with female and black and Hispanic voters turning out for her in especially strong numbers.

Thursday's poll showed equal numbers of men and women supporting Spitzer and Spitzer, while Stringer was ahead among white voters and Spitzer led among blacks.

NEW YORK CITY — Mayor Bill de Blasio's approval rating has held steady even after a bruising war of words with the city's police unions — bolstered by overwhelming support from black and Latino voters as well as successes on key policy issues, according to a new poll and experts.

Speaking in Mississippi, Trump labeled Clinton a bigot, and urged black and Hispanic voters to support him.

As the Democratic Party under President Lyndon Johnson began to support civil rights, the formerly Solid South, meaning solidly Democratic, became solidly Republican, except in districts with a large number of Black voters.

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.

But in recent years, black voters have provided him a bulwark of support.

But he was able to attract significant support, particularly among black voters, who expressed a greater willingness than white voters to overlook his mistakes.

«While Brown polls well with black and white voters, Grant only garners the support of five percent of white voters and Schroeder has the same five - percent support with black voters,» Greenberg said.

The endorsements came after a poll showing Walsh had very little support among black voters.

De Blasio leads with support from 52 percent of white voters polled, 90 percent of black voters and 68 percent of Hispanics.

Nixon has been looking for a way to cut into Cuomo's support among black voters.

Black and Latino Democrat voters have remained de Blasio's strongest constituency, supporting him even when his approval rating dipped to record lows.

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.

Exit polls show President Obama with strong support among Black and Hispanic voters in the state.

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.

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.

As Bush strategist Karl Rove explained in his book Courage and Consequence: «When Bush said education was the civil rights struggle of our time or that the absence of an accountability system in our schools meant black, brown, poor, and rural children were getting left behind, it gave listeners important information about his respect and concern for every family and deepened the impression that he was a different kind of Republican whom suburban voters... could be proud to support.»