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Chitown Kev

(2,197 posts)
Wed Feb 24, 2016, 06:44 AM Feb 2016

Please remember...

That on November 7, 2000, Al Gore won 90% of the black vote in the presidential election.

http://www.pollingreport.com/2000.htm

I say that in order to remind those of you that may have forgotten that Joe Lieberman was Al Gore's running mate...

..and in case you were wondering...

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/pages/results/states/CT/S/01/epolls.0.html

Of course, the fact that Lamont was the Democratic nominee had more to do with Lamont getting a higher percentage of African American votes than anything else.

I can read between some of the lines here w/r/t theories as to why African Americans may not be supporting Bernie Sanders...

Please...why don't you try telling some of those theories to the Congressional Representative of Tennessee's 9th Congressional District...Steve Cohen will probably laugh in your face


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Please remember... (Original Post) Chitown Kev Feb 2016 OP
Thanks for this much needed reminder. eom Betty Karlson Feb 2016 #1
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Chitown Kev

(2,197 posts)
2. Let's not forget this either
Wed Feb 24, 2016, 07:29 AM
Feb 2016

The 9th Congressional district in Tennessee was the Ford's old district for decades.

And Cohen beat a Ford (who ran as an independent) in that race.

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