I wasn't referencing Black voters, there are more white voters in the south. I was referencing the fact the south is very conservative. I also said rural areas. Biden won the conservative vote and Bernie won the progressive vote.
And I understand why all people at this time chose to go with the safe vote. The last thing people want now is a revolution. That is the mistake Bernie made with his vitriol.
And in the black community, the young African Americans are progressive and it is the older Black voters who are conservative, just as it is with the older white voters.
This is a generational culture war of sorts. People under 50 are mostly progressive and people over 50 are mostly conservative.
A conservative is a conservative regardless of race.
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Just a quick reply to this longish statement, koan. As I read the returns from last Tuesday and the slim polling we are getting ahead of next week's votes, the major thing happening is a very, very large shift toward the argument that the Dems just have to beat Trump. Whichever is most likely. And large, large swaths of voters have concluded Biden is most likely to do that. Very different from ideological splits. Which, to the degree they remain, will hand the presidency back to Trump.
As for calling black voters in the south, low information voters, I would scold you if that would help. On the basis of everything I've read/heard/seen those black voters are very high information (many waited until the South Carolina results were in before deciding how to vote, very pragmatic (just beat Trump), and so on). It's definitely not low information; just different bets on the future. Beating Trump and gaining control of Congress is the first and second and third order of business. |
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