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http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article210844964.html"WASHINGTON
The future of Sen. Claire McCaskill's Senate career could rest with the state's black voters and McCaskill is struggling to overcome the perception that she's taking their support for granted.
Leading black politicians in Missouri have held a series of private meetings in recent weeks with McCaskill. Among those urging her to get more involved are the state's two veteran black congressional representatives and state Rep. Bruce Franks, the Ferguson protester-turned-politician who admonished McCaskill earlier this year for not doing enough outreach in black communities.
McCaskill won 94 percent of the black vote in Missouri in 2012 when Barack Obama was on the ticket, seeking re-election as the nation's first black president.
This year, in what is expected to be one of the most hotly contested Senate races in the country, McCaskill will need the enthusiastic support of minorities from her base in the state's urban centers, Kansas City and St Louis, in order to secure a third term.
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samplegirl
(11,415 posts)Her party time and time again!
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Wow!!! Unfortunately, she is all we have there now.
zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)Ya know one of the many ways you GOTV?
You don't ignore a bunch of voters for 5 1/2 years and then run around at the last minute saying the other guy is worse.
UncleTomsEvilBrother
(943 posts)The backbone of the Democratic electorate is the Black female vote right now!
The #1 issue for Black women is healthcare. Healthcare. HEALTHCARE! (Access for children, reproductive rights, lower quality of facilities)
Reach spaces, channels, networks that are occupied by Black women. Campaign on HEALTHCARE!
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)If her loss has to be a wake up call to every other politician, so be it. I hope she gets scared but eeks out a one percent win (See, I'm still supporting Dems), but I hope it scares her enough to change for the good.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)The future of Sen. Claire McCaskill's Senate career could rest with the base of the Democratic Party.
BumRushDaShow
(127,281 posts)EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)If Democrats are going to be dependent on black voters to win, they have got to reach out to us, listen to us, campaign personally in our communities and not expect us to just loyally fall in line while we watch them chasing around after white Trump supporters.