As hard as others woo their votes?
It appears that black voters are solidly lined up for Joe Biden…
Biden and they know about Obama’s Vice President for 8 years…
THAT counts…
Black voters also can read…
They know that Biden leads the Democratic field in a race against Donald Trump…
So?
Joe Biden…Who most voters know isn’t perfect ?
Is getting a pass from Black voters, who have his back as much a Donald Trump’s supporters have HIS back….
Even with Kamala Harris and Cory Booker out looking for votes…
It’s NOT about THAT…
It’s pragmatic….
It’s about a WIN…
Nothing much of anything else…
Catrena Norris Carter is a bundle of conflicting impulses.
As a black woman, she’s delighted with Kamala Harris’ presidential bid. As a liberal activist, she’s thrilled with Elizabeth Warren’s groaning board of progressive policy proposals.
But as someone consumed with defeating President Trump, Carter is determined to think with her head, not her heart, and that cold calculation is pushing her toward Joe Biden among the crowded 2020 Democratic field.
The former vice president may not excite her like some candidates. But he boasts one asset that, to Carter’s mind, surpasses all others: As a white male firmly embedded in the political establishment, Biden — more than a female or black candidate — stands the best chance of winning the White House.
“We really need to be taking the temperature of the entire country,” said Carter, 51, who two years ago helped rally black women across Alabama to put Democrat Doug Jones in the U.S. Senate. “Not just people who think like us.”
Black voters, and black women in particular, are the bedrock of the Democratic Party. Given their large numbers in early-voting states such as South Carolina, Alabama and Louisiana, they will have tremendous sway in choosing the party’s nominee. Some believe that tilts the race away from Biden, former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke or other relatively centrist white males in favor of a more progressive candidate or person of color.
But nationwide polling, focus group interviews and conversations with campaign strategists, voters and political activists across Alabama suggest many African Americans aren’t focused on policy or making history by, say, putting Harris or another woman in the White House.
“They are so sick and tired of being sick and tired of Trump, there’s this almost unconscious feeling they’re going to go with the candidate that is more likely to beat him,” said Ron Lester, a Washington pollster who has spent decades surveying the attitudes of black voters….
Note…
Many Black’s believe that Donald Trump was able to win because Barack Obama was President for 8 years…(Back lash?)
Many feel that by voting for Biden they are getting a part of Obama back and they are supporting the guy that had Obama’s back ….
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