Sentences with phrase «black voters who»

Secondly, the redrawing of his district means the Latino population of voters actually outstrips the number of black voters who have been his traditional base.

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.

The proportion of black prisoners is extraordinary, and recently with the whole question of Florida, the number of black voters who are actually disenfran chised in a number of ways is quite eloquent, I think, as to what's going on in your country.»

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He was able to connect with young and black voters and reach untapped audiences, circumventing the perception that no one knew who he was.

Barack Obama journeyed to Selma, Alabama, today both to pay homage to the civil - rights marchers who were clubbed by riot police on Bloody Sunday in 1965 and to show older black voters that he shares their values.

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.

And that means that black women, who were our best voter according to the political people in this campaign, have watched their brothers and their parents, their fathers, and their sons go to jail and get convictions young and be forced into a cycle of poverty.

Sanders» campaign manager, Jeff Weaver, told reporters on Friday night that the campaign had also reached out to black voters in Nevada, who accounted for about 15 percent of the caucus electorate in 2008.

Black Protestant voters diverge from the much larger group of white evangelicals, who make up one out of five registered voters and one out of three Republicans.

The majority of Californians, including two - thirds of the state's black voters, have just had their core civil right - the right to vote - stripped from them by an openly gay federal judge who has misread history and the Constitution to impose his views on the state's people.

It is three times the number of black Christians who are registered voters, four times the numbers of non-registered voters, and twelve times the numbers of Jewish voters — and Episcopalian voters.

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

What never ceases to amaze ME is the political «wisdom» that (1) black voters are more likely to vote for a gubernatorial candidate governor who will appoint a black Lt. Gov. and (2) women are more likely to vote for someone who appoints a female Lt.. The menfolk (including some in the press) must think that female and minority voters are simpletons.

A March 2008 Quinnipiac poll even had black voters favoring Markowitz over Thompson, who, unlike Markowitz, eventually ran for mayor before losing to Bloomberg in 2009.

(There are two other candidates — the most viable a charismatic Harlem minister, Michael Walrond, who could siphon black votes from Rangel, or steal from Espaillat voters simply looking for a change.

Fulani noted there are «nearly one million independent voters, the majority of whom are Black, Latino and Asian, who are locked out of the decisive first round of voting» because of the closed - primary system in New York that only allows enrolled members to cast ballots in intra - party contests, adding: «That is what some like to call an inconvenient truth.»

City Council Watch attended a debate in the 6th Council District on Columbus Avenue this week, where we observed about four dozen elderly black and Jewish voters munch on cookies and fruit, and murmur amongst themselves about the slate of candidates who would presume to fill the shoes of the beloved CM Gale Brewer, champion of the liberal middle - class.

Many have suggested that Williams, who garnered nearly 11 percent of the vote, served to split black voters and ultimately hurt Wright's chances of toppling Espaillat.

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.

A party that has struggled to increase its appeal to female, Hispanic and black voters featured a diverse lineup of speakers throughout the week, concluding with Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, who introduced Mr. Romney on Thursday evening.

That number is even lower — just 13 % - among black voters, who back Spitzer by an enormous 68 - 21 margin over Stringer.

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.

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

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.

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.

Both Marist polls projected likely Democratic voters who are black would make up 28 percent of the primary; Marist's poll was one percent different, at 27 percent.

Spitzer had a commanding lead in that first poll among likely Democratic voters who are black, 63 - 33 percent, while Stringer led among likely Democratic voters who are white, by 56 - 38 percent.

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.»

Paterson, who once was on course to face Cuomo in a potentially racially divisive primary, expressed confidence that Cuomo will manage to win back disaffected black voters, noting that he moved quickly to address a problem that was first aired (at least in a mainstream way) by The Amsterdam News» Elinor Tatum in an open letter / editorial last week.

Pastor Mark Burns, an African - American supporter of Donald Trump who has been defending the candidate's recent outreach to minority voters in the media, tweeted a cartoon of Hillary Clinton in blackface, mocking her outreach to black voters.

A federal court struck down North Carolina's voter identification law for precisely that reason, alleging the Republicans who crafted it targeted black voters «with almost surgical precision.»

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.

However, when it comes to black voters, Quinn leads Thompson, who is African American, by a narrow margin of just 24 versus 21 percent — well within the poll's margin of error.

Forty - nine percent of the voters — with stronger disapproval by black and Latino voters — opposed the tactics, compared to 46 percent who were in favor of it.

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.

This edge is likely driven to a large degree by Clinton's overwhelming favorability rating among black voters, who backed Obama in 2008.

The central question in the contest is whether Steele, who is black, can cut into the traditionally large edge Democrats have among that influential bloc of voters.

C.W. Post political scientist Stanley Klein, who also is a GOP committeeman, said black and Hispanic voters are unlikely to flock to GOP contenders Rick Lazio, Steve Levy, Carl Paladino or Myers Mermel, but they could stay home on Election Day.

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

Mr. Spitzer, a better known candidate who spent millions from his personal fortune on television advertising, won over a majority of black and Hispanic New Yorkers, and voters making under $ 50,000 a year.

Nicoletti had an edge with voters who are male, more conservative, older or white while Perez Williams led among women, liberals, younger voters and black voters.

In addition to the quarter century milestone, many eyes were trained on this year's convention due to appearances by presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, who addressed black voters in advance of the New York primary on April 19.

In the mayoral race Weiner is ahead of his nearest competition, Christine Quinn, by just three points, but among black voters Weiner has 31 percent, Quinn has 16 percent, and Bill Thompson, who is black, is third with 14, John Liu has 11 and Bill de Blasio has 8.

A Quinnipiac University survey released Wednesday morning indicates that 8 in ten voters, including three - quarters of black voters, say a Democratic primary challenge by Cuomo, who is white, of Paterson, who is black, would not be racially divisive.

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.

Milton Justice, who won an Oscar for Best Documentary Short in 1987, called the changes «insulting to black people,» saying Selma's only problem was that not enough voters liked it.

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.