Sentences with phrase «with black voters»

July 31, 2016 • Donald Trump is unpopular with black voters, but Omarosa Manigault is trying to change that.

Seeking to connect with black voters in advance of the New York primary, Clinton touted the need to overhaul the justice system, combat environmental racism and increase financial stability for minorities.

«They're very concerned about the black vote — and they should be, because Bernie has momentum and he's begun making inroads with black voters,» the source said.

«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.

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.

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

While it's true the governor is not a sympathetic figure these days, kicking him when he's down might not sit well with black voters in the Albany part of Breslin's district.

Stringer himself, described by insiders as «in near panic» over his poor showing with black voters, belatedly responded last week by hiring two well - regarded African - American political operatives: Patrick Jenkins, a longtime confidant of US Rep. Gregory Meeks of Queens; and Kevin Wardally, an associate of the late Bill Lynch and an official at the Cuomo - controlled state Department of Labor.

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

Only marginally, and it would not be any major demographic shift in party loyalty with the black voters.

Cuomo's camp is particularly sensitive to his relationship with black voters following his aborted 2002 challenge to then - state Comptroller H. Carl McCall in the Democratic guberantorial primary.

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.

Not exact matches

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

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.»

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.

After routing Clinton in New Hampshire and finishing a strong second in Iowa, states with nearly all - white populations, Nevada's Democratic caucuses gave Sanders his first chance to prove he can win over black and Hispanic voters and compete nationally as the race moves to states with more diverse populations.

The California congresswoman also claimed in July of that year that Romney intentionally drew boos during his address before the NAACP, and suggested that the former governor wanted to use the image of black people heckling him to curry favor with white 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.

Regardless of ancestry or outward appearance, he is «Black» because it gets him the benefits of that particular block of voters with a simple word.

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.»

A recent Pew survey found that 56 percent of Catholic registered voters and 89 percent of black Protestant registered voters (two - thirds of whom are evangelicals, according to Pew) side with Clinton in the upcoming election.

With Election Day a little more than four months away, the first lady decried what she suggested was voter apathy in the black community.

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.

Certainly when 46 buses carrying 2,500 black passengers from the Woodlawn Organization arrived at Chicago City Hall for voter registration, you could count on getting the desired unbelief and consternation, including police with machine guns.

Their obsession with making history with a black woman as their leader is irrelevant to most voters» lives.

With that in mind, Democrats aren't skimping on the Get Out The Vote operation: the Jones campaign and liberal groups are working desperately to encourage Alabama's overwhelmingly Democratic black voters to go to the polls, regardless of past disappointment and present voter suppression.

A nonpartisan group called the Voter Participation Center is reaching over 300,000 black voters here with direct mail and text messages.

As Cuomo huddled with a group of advisors that included former state Comptroller H. Carl McCall (the man he challenged in the 2002 Democratic gubernatorial primary, hurting his relationship with the black community), Manhattan Democratic Chairman / Assemblyman Keith Wright and former NYC Comptroller Bill Thompson, Paladino's campaign manager talked to Gerson Borrero about the GOP / Conservative nominee's efforts to woo 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.

In NAACP v. Harris, a class - action, Blacks argued that over 57,000 Black voters were wrongfully purged from Florida's voting lists and that Black communities were provided with defective voting mechanisms.

And it CAN be a good for political organizing, if your targets are in populations with high cell - phone and / or Twitter usage (for instance, younger — and plugged - in — urban black and latino voters).

Labour needs to have a frank exchange with voters about fiscal responsibility and the scale of the economic predicament the whole of Europe is now in The authors of the pamphlet, «In the Black Labour», are to be congratulated.

According to our analysis, the Crosscheck list disproportionately threatens solid Democratic constituencies: young, black, Hispanic and Asian - American voters — with some of the biggest possible purges underway in Ohio and North Carolina, two crucial swing states with tight Senate races.

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.

Turner thinks that these are the conversations that progressive politicians shouldn't be afraid to have with voters and that Nixon's engagement of black voters is something others should model.

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.

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.

Mr. de Blasio's mediocre poll numbers are racially split — he's unpopular with white voters but highly popular with black and Hispanic voters, a growing population in the city that is expected to cushion Mr. de Blasio at the polls come time for reelection.

A Washington Post-University of Maryland poll on Tuesday showed Edwards leading Van Hollen 44 percent to 40 percent, with likely black voters favoring Edwards three to one and likely white voters backing Van Hollen by two to one.

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.

Broken down by gender, religion and race: women are 53 percent of the gubernatorial electorate, white Catholics are at a 33 - 35 percent share, Jewish voters cast a 12 - 13 percent of the total vote, with minority voters (the aggregate of black, Hispanic, Asian and bi-racial New Yorkers) at between a 27 - 30 percent share in gubernatorial elections.

Cuomo spent a long time working his way back into the good graces of black voters after he quit the just one week before the primary, and his camp is very sensitive about his relationship with the black community.

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.

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.

Among black voters, he enjoys a 78 percent approval rating, with 15 percent disapproving.

Spitzer was airing TV ads at this point in the race - those now - familiar Jimmy Siegel spots in black and white, with a «Fargo» type feel - and he was well known to voters.

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.

They concentrated on splitting black and white voters, with Soros - owned Democratic chairman Howard Dean and Soros - owned Moveon.org working on severing the remaining ties of the Party to labor voters.