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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: thebeach who wrote (111608)	12/12/2000 2:03:35 AM
From: Frank Griffin	Respond to of 769670

They are told to by their leaders.

To: thebeach who wrote (111608)	12/12/2000 2:14:45 AM
From: Mr. Whist	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Re: "Why do almost all black Americans always vote Democratic?" Excellent question. The latest figures I saw showed that African-American support for Gore vs. Bush was around 93% or 94% to 6% to 7% on Nov. 7. In Detroit, I believe the actual margin for Gore was something like 220,000 to 20,000. Also worth noting was that Hispanic support for Gore was around 70% compared to 30% for Bush. Take away the strong support Bush receives from the Cuban community in South Florida, and the Hispanic support for Gore rises even more. As I have speculated on this board before, one would assume that with a healthy economy and with more African-Americans moving into the middle class, one would expect more blacks to vote Republican. However, the opposite seems to be occurring. How come? (1) The main reason is the issues. Gore's education budget blueprint, for example, called for 9 times more federal aid to education than Bush is proposing. (2) Bush embraced the right wing of the Republican Party during the primary and failed to speak out against the Confederate flag, a symbol of racism to most African-Americans in this country. (3) The Republican Party has become mainly the party of white suburbia. The values-priorities of white suburbia (tax breaks, for example) do not coincide with those of black America (using the money to improve education opportunities, for example). (4) I think that many African-Americans have been driven from independent to Democratic affiliation based on the rise of right-wing voices on radio (Limbaugh) and on TV (Hannity and O'Reilly). There's a lot of Democratic bashing, even minority bashing, on AM radio these days. And the people who are doing the bashing are voting Republican. Bottom line: Party affiliation in this country is becoming too racial-based. That spells trouble down the road. The Repubs must reach out more to minorities.