Sentences with phrase «many black voters»

Recent polls have shown that Trump had 0 % approval among black voters in Ohio and Pennsylvania, key states.

Trump responded that he thinks the number of black voters in the Republican party will increase.

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

Hacked emails from the personal account of Hillary Clinton's top campaign official show some of the attention her team paid to courting black voters.

Donald Trump is facing backlash after his attempt to win over black voters during a campaign rally Friday near Lansing, Michigan.

Party leaders, black and white, would be served notice that black voters are more than cattle chewing cud, to be herded to the polls every two and four years.

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

Despite nearly equal voter turnout — black turnout was slightly less than white turnout in 2008 but exceeded white turnout in 2012, 66 % to 64 % — the gap between party loyalty and policy output is wide for black voters.

Justice Stephen Breyer wrote for the court that the Alabama Legislature and the federal court that ruled on the plan had taken a «mechanically numerical» view, instead of trying to figure out what percentage of black voters were needed to elect a candidate of their choice.

While their contributions as pivotal voters have gone largely unacknowledged, Ohio black voters, in particular, have pulled more than their weight for Democratic victories in one of the most highly contested states in the Electoral College.

Democrats and civil rights groups called it an example of the Reagan administration intimidating black voters.

Trump's recent overtures to African Americans have raised, once again, questions about the relationship between black voters and the Democratic Party.

Black voters rewarded Truman and the Democratic Party that November, providing him with the pivotal votes he needed in a razor - thin victory over Republican Thomas Dewey.

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.»

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.

The bulk of black voters remained loyal to the Republican Party, and the endorsement of Wilson from DuBois and other black leaders backfired.

Lawmakers and advocates expressed concern Friday that Sessions could sideline or undo the Obama administration's civil rights efforts, which have included investigations of police departments for unconstitutional practices and lawsuits meant to protect the rights of transgender individuals and black voters.

These organizers would urge black voters not only to participate in the Blank - Out Campaign but also to draw attention to issues that extend beyond the current election cycle.

Since then black voters have provided the margin of victory for Democratic presidential candidates over the years — Jimmy Carter in 1976, Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996, and Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012.

In 1965, Malcolm X implored black voters to abstain from voting altogether if they felt their votes were being cast in vain.

The claim made by black voters in both states is that Republicans packed districts with more reliably Democratic black voters than necessary to elect their preferred candidates, making neighboring districts whiter and more Republican.

In each case, black voters were urged to turn out in large numbers for the Democratic Party, a party that, in the context of governing, would take them for granted.

Naming her director was a part of Trump's strategy to win over the African American community in the U.S., especially after recent polls showed he had 0 % approval among black voters in Ohio and Pennsylvania — key states for the Republican nominee.

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.

In 1912 the civil rights activist W.E.B. DuBois endorsed Democratic candidate Woodrow Wilson for President and asked black voters to get behind Wilson's candidacy.

Clinton's campaign worried about Bernie Sanders» appeal to black voters, a key Democratic constituency that Clinton counted on.

Despite concerns about Clinton and the Democratic Party, black voters have remained loyal.

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.

According to estimates by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, black voters contributed roughly 70 % of Obama's share of the vote in the state, both in 2008 and 2012.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

The question is will black voters turn out in relevant numbers now that Obama has disappointed them?

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.»

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.

Testing the long - standing coalition between candidates, black pastors, and the congregations, the 14 Black Republican Candidates in the midterms could peel some black voters away from the Democratic Party.

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.

I am pretty sure Obama is agnostic, or probably atheist, and it is unfortunate that he has to pander to the black voter and pretend he is a Christian, rather than use his influence to raise consciousness in the community.

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

As a middle - class white volunteer at work on black voter registration in the Deep South, I rode along a highway one day in a car with three young black men.

She's just an oddity cashing in on her 15 minuets of fame and being paraded by the GOP tring to reach out to other black voters.

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.

It's a nice idea that latinos and Catholics are getting out the vote to counter racist immigration laws, and black voters are going to recognize the importance of unemployment and foreclosures.

Sometimes an image tells the story, and in this case, the story is that Voter ID laws are concentrated in formerly Confederate states, places where poll taxes and similar laws once kept black voters out of the political process.