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jack69

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36. Voter intimidation, etc.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon May 8, 2017, 02:01 PM

May 2017

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New Study Finds Black Voter Turnout Plummeted In 2016 Election [View all] DonViejo May 2017 OP

Well, considering how 2naSalit May 2017 #1

definitely a factor that shouldn't be ignored. nt JCanete May 2017 #14

When are we going to see reporters interview black voters? Never. bettyellen May 2017 #2

Post removed Post removed May 2017 #3

Yes, a gutted voting rights act probably has nothing to do with it. JHan May 2017 #7

Bless your heart. LanternWaste May 2017 #12

Looks like Trump was extremely popular exboyfil May 2017 #13

Or voter suppression happens? ... yeah... see, when we ignore facts ... well.... uponit7771 May 2017 #22

But it generally doesn't happen when one is very popular, which our Democratic candidate was. George II May 2017 #37

"The New Jim Crow" was published in 2010 and continues to get a lot of attention loyalsister May 2017 #38

Crosscheck, eom. yodermon May 2017 #4

This! moda253 May 2017 #6

we don't even know the numbers cleared summarily off the voter rolls using Cross Check Turn CO Blue May 2017 #27

Not necessarily. A lot of those states (WI, NY, DC, CA, etc) don't use crosscheck. progressoid May 2017 #28

Pretty much thanks to the lies that were believed and spread by black activist groups led by nikibatts May 2017 #5

Thanks Dem2 May 2017 #10

what lies are you referring to that came out of Belafonte or West or Smiley's mouths? genuine JCanete May 2017 #17

Though there are numerous causes, most prominent factor would be going from Obama to Clinton. geek tragedy May 2017 #8

Yes, Obama received the highest black voter turnout ever frazzled May 2017 #18

baseline for % turnout within demographic groups should be 2004 or 2016, not 2008 and 2012 geek tragedy May 2017 #26

No, not vastly inferior at all frazzled May 2017 #30

Experience and policy knowledge are completely irrelevant to how good a candidate someone is. geek tragedy May 2017 #34

Those judgments are evidence, imo, frazzled May 2017 #39

I see H. Clinton as very much similar to Gore and Kerry, with B. Clinton and Obama geek tragedy May 2017 #40

Vote Suppression Works if it is not forcefully challenged delisen May 2017 #9

The court striking down vra makes it more difficult JI7 May 2017 #21

+1 uponit7771 May 2017 #23

On the one hand I smell a rat exboyfil May 2017 #11

I'd like to know more about where these numbers come from Retrograde May 2017 #15

Exit polling data. Exilednight May 2017 #41

And they will continue making it more difficult to impossible JI7 May 2017 #16

Michigan, especially Detroit, was a freaking mess. JudyM May 2017 #19

never understood minority groups affection for bill dembotoz May 2017 #20

Or voter suppression? uponit7771 May 2017 #24

Was it truly lower turnout or purged voter rolls, suppression tactics, caging? Turn CO Blue May 2017 #25

I'd like to hear more about that too. Ignoring GOP election fraud won't make it go away. That Guy 888 May 2017 #32

Trump is on record bragging about surpression of the black vote. Botany May 2017 #29

Huh? progressoid May 2017 #31

republicans: mission accomplished. spanone May 2017 #33

I suspect the continued blood flowing in our streets... countryjake May 2017 #35

Voter intimidation, etc. jack69 May 2017 #36