He let the Republicans gerrymander their own districts to suppress Democratic voters, especially
voters of color.
The Sanders campaign in New York City has raised the issues of criminal justice and police reform, concerns that resonate with
voters of color who the senator has struggled to gain the support of early on in the campaign.
So, this is a golden opportunity for Nixon to make a point to
voters of color that she is walking the walk.
Nixon's association with AQE helps her burnish her credentials with
voters of color, a constituency that is crucial for a victory in a Democratic gubernatorial primary and that Nixon, as a wealthy white woman, could struggle to attract.
But de Blasio has kept his popularity, especially with
voters of color, and used his platform at the helm of America's biggest city to declare war on Trump's agenda.
Clinton is hoping to replicate President Obama's success with women, younger voters, and
voters of color.
But when the poll focused in on
the voters of color, the proportion that sees the need for deep change rose to 3 out of 4 or a total of 76 percent.
Voters of color in Boston also expressed dissatisfaction with the city's shortest school day of any major city in the country.
Seventy - three percent of
voters of color, versus 57 percent of whites, cast their ballots against the industry - backed measure.
In fact, three quarters of
voters of color surveyed said that they have become more interested in climate issues over the past several years and are paying closer attention to new information.
«How
voters of color vote on Prop 23 will be the margin of victory or defeat on this,» Roger Kim, executive director of the Asian Pacific Environmental Network, an Oakland - based group, said at the event.
Looking ahead to November, this survey suggests that political candidates who advocate for climate action will have an advantage among
voters of color.
The survey, which was conducted in nine battleground states and surveyed registered
voters of color including African Americans, Latinos, and Asian Americans, found that many
voters of color feel climate disruption is a prominent issue that can not and will not wait for action in the distant future.
Not exact matches
Formal slavery was quickly replaced by a Jim Crow system that was slavery in all but name, and many
of its vestiges (mass incarceration
of people
of color,
voter disenfranchisement, and all manner
of systemic racism) remain alive and well today.
Results: Question 2 also passed with flying
colors, with 54 %
of voters saying yes to 46 % saying no.
I've been talking to a lot
of the new members asked to join the Academy during its two - year diversity push, and a lot
of these ostensibly hipper, younger
voters — many
of whom are people
of color and white women — are happy to tell you they like Three Billboards.
How would you like it if W h i t e
voters only voted for a person's
color?I saw a talk show interview the other night.One
of the top B l a c k leaders said that he voted for Obama based on his
color and asked others to do the same.How crazy is that?
But city Democrats today argued that the real «rigging» in the works are
voter identification and
voter intimidation efforts they claimed the GOP has turned against communities
of color, the poor and college students.
With the absence
of any candidate
of color in the AG's race, Schneiderman has been trying to position himself as the clear choice for Latino and black
voters, stressing in particular his efforts on behalf
of Rockefeller Drug Law reform and sponsorship
of a controversial measure that will count prisoners at their last address for the purposes
of legislative redistricting and not whever they're incarcerated.
«There's no question that the most liberal
voters in New York City are people
of color,» said Ken Sherrill, an emeritus professor at Hunter College, reflecting on the numbers.
Civil rights advocates last week testified during a LATFOR hearing that the lines unfairly divided communities
of color in central Nassau County as well as in Brentwood - Islip in Suffolk County, splitting minority
voters — who tend to vote for Democrats — among districts now represented by white Republican incumbents.
«Independent expenditures unfairly
color the campaign process by dominating the conversation with the point
of view
of a particular interest... First and foremost,
voters need to know who is sponsoring the advertising they receive,» Lerner said.
Until the un-informed
voter of Milwaukee County stops voting for people based on the
color of their skin, will the County turn around and prosper.
Westin said Nixon's focused on
voters, especially black women and other women
of color and that de Blasio will be influenced by «the last four years
of how Cuomo has treated him.»
For people
of color, who have often been the targets
of voter suppression and intimidation, it is especially important that our voting systems are easily accessible.
To those who suggested that Quinn, long the frontrunner in the Democratic mayoral field, stumbled on the homophobia
voters reflect once at the ballot box, Menchaca's and Torres» victories demonstrate that LGBT candidates can win in outer borough districts dominated by working class and poor people
of color and without large visible gay and lesbian voting blocs.
Despite the mysterious exclusions, despite the perplexing and continually disturbing absence
of people
of color from the acting nominations, the
voters in the specific branches gave indications
of taking their jobs seriously,
of looking past the obvious films to make their choices.
Don't tell me about all the advances the Academy has made, the fact that its director branch put crazy ass anti-semitic sexist abusive Mel Gibson back on the director's short list last year and gave his clunky bloody obvious war movie a best picture nomination just proves how many assholes are still lurking among the
voters ready to backlash against women and people
of color.
That helps to explain why the Academy
voters did far better with their 2017 Oscar nominations than the year before, when their 6,000 members failed to nominate any actors
of color at all.
The Academy's recent diversity push added more younger and international members; its 7,000
voters are now 28 percent women and 13 percent people
of color.
Equity and the struggle to end
voter disenfranchisement among our students
of color and low income populations demands that ALL students receive the same civics education — that was the goal
of Civics for All.
According to a press release, «the poll — conducted by Global Strategy Group — revealed that
voters, especially those
of color, believe strongly in high standards, aligned assessments, and importance
of being prepared for college and career.»
Stand qualified Measure 98 for the ballot; built a broad and diverse coalition, including communities
of color organizations, labor, and business; and ran a strong campaign that netted the endorsement
of nearly every major newspaper and reached
voters statewide through TV ads and mail.
That's partly because those
voters had more at stake:
of the almost 50 percent
of Californians who live within six miles
of a major greenhouse - gas - emitting industrial facility, most are people
of color.
They've also worked long and hard to tear down laws and protections that limit corporate control
of our elected officials, dumping ever more money in politics, along with campaigns and strategic litigation designed to suppress or disenfranchise key groups
of voters, especially low - income and people
of color.
If CA had been able to hand the Trump communications team a detailed psychographic assessment
of every targeted
voter, the practical response would have been a bit like Henry Ford's old comment: «The customer can have any
color he wants so long as it's black.»