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6. It would only be disappointing to me...

Tue May 5, 2020, 07:21 AM

May 2020

... if African American voters picked Clinton in the primaries, then didn’t show up in the general election.

That would be like the white evangelicals picking Trump in the GOP primaries, then not voting in the general. (Which would’ve been great in that case.)

It’s a touchy subject to talk about “groups” of any kind, though. No group is completely homogenous, obviously. (Not all Ohioans are uneducated hicks either, but I saw those kinds of comments in 2016 and just let them slide.)

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Michelle Obama: "A lot of our folks didn't vote. It was almost like a slap in the face." [View all] bigtree May 2020 OP

Black voter turnout fell in 2016, even as a record number of Americans cast ballots Celerity May 2020 #1

Thank you so much for this information. Sloumeau May 2020 #5

yw Celerity May 2020 #8

But she's also talking zentrum May 2020 #11

Imagine how much better off we'd be if Obama had had a good Congress for 8 years. lagomorph777 May 2020 #21

see post #25 Celerity May 2020 #26

Isn't se refering to Dem voters in O's mid-term elections, not 2016 but 2010 and 2014. brush May 2020 #22

I was only showing a continuing trend that culminated with Trump's election in 2016. I fully Celerity May 2020 #25

Such a lost opportunity for the country. zentrum May 2020 #30

Well, our AA contingent basically put their foot down this time and said "BIDEN" The Mouth May 2020 #27

+100000 Celerity May 2020 #29

I think it's not really fair for the country to always rely on black voters- dawg day May 2020 #2

Precisely. tman May 2020 #3

Well, how about we ALL just go out and vote to protect their OWN interest Ferrets are Cool May 2020 #15

I do wonder at the elderly people who voted for Trump last time. dawg day May 2020 #20

Ding, Ding...you hit the nail on the head... Ferrets are Cool May 2020 #33

Remember how surprised the woman at the Amash town hall was tblue37 May 2020 #41

+1 Ferrets are Cool May 2020 #42

Increasing turnout from Dems is easier than flipping Trump voters IronLionZion May 2020 #4

getting 3 or 4 percent of the 100 million who didn't vote last time The Mouth May 2020 #28

It would only be disappointing to me... Buckeye_Democrat May 2020 #6

My good friend who is also a black woman totally agrees with Michelle. lark May 2020 #7

Isn't it about O's mid-terms, 2010, 2014, not 2016, a favorable Congress? brush May 2020 #23

I retired so we no longer work together and she's been slammed at work. lark May 2020 #31

I can imagine ONE way to increase (Democratic) voter turnout... FailureToCommunicate May 2020 #9

Brother Malcolm predicted that if the Democrats nominated a Black man McCamy Taylor May 2020 #10

One think about some in our community that we don't discuss, is homophobia. GusFring May 2020 #12

Why is that? Dem4Life1102 May 2020 #14

I don't know. I just know what some in my family and ppl around me say. I think it has something GusFring May 2020 #17

VRA romana May 2020 #13

White women going for Trump was the biggest shocker. And young ppl don't vote in the midterms. GusFring May 2020 #18

How much of that was actually voter suppression, rather than turnout? GoCubsGo May 2020 #16

we got a republican governor bigtree May 2020 #19

She's right it was lack of turnout, you can't suppress those numbers.. Oregon1947 May 2020 #35

She's right. Many Dems didn't show up Pepsidog May 2020 #24

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kick bigtree May 2020 #34

Who is "our folks"? Steelrolled May 2020 #36

Democrats KayF May 2020 #37

I sort of thought it was Democrats, perhaps loyal Democrats. Steelrolled May 2020 #38

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