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11. But she's also talking

Reply to Celerity (Reply #1)

Tue May 5, 2020, 07:52 AM

May 2020

....about the years prior to 2016. When they didn't turn out to give Obama the Congress he needed.

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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

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2020 #32

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

I do wonder how many Blacks voted for Obama simply because they wanted to see a black President. The Mouth May 2020 #40

See, when I think about that? Spider Jerusalem May 2020 #39

she is right Skittles May 2020 #43

The Russians were coming at us from every angle. ecstatic May 2020 #44

Kick and recommend. bronxiteforever May 2020 #45