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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: JohnM who wrote (432245)3/6/2020 5:39:36 PM
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The Black vote for older people was monolithic I would argue. Hillary also dominated the Black vote in the south. And I think most people would agree it had to do with Bill Clinton who many called the first Black president. She was familiar to them and a friend.

And that carried on with Biden, because he was Obama's VP and a close friend and the fact James Clyburn told them to vote for Biden.and most did.

I saw a poll that said 50% of African Americans voted for Biden because of James Clyburn.

It was the young Black voters who voted for Bernie.

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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.

Ouch. In the Dem primaries in some states, in many cases, the vote is heavily to majority black. Moreover, I wouldn't call that vote "conservative." Many, many commentators made the point in the past few weeks that the black vote is not monolithic. Makes sense. So that makes it even more interesting that it went so overwhelming for Biden. And the best interpretations I read/saw argued that vote was pragmatic and voting to get rid of Trump rather than policy preferences.
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