Can we give decent burial to the meme that Bernie Sanders didn't appeal to black voters.

[JCanete]

66. Absolutely. It shouldn't be ignored, but that vote was in the context of the Clinton name being a

known commodity. The Clintons, being very prominent, have done a lot of visible work over the years to be associated with being responsive to the needs of the black community. It sounds to me like the record is far more mixed than that, but still. Sanders was almost entirely unknown to most people when the first states were holding primaries, and even if people were just getting wind of him, the familiar well established option is certainly less of a wild-card.

The fact is that his 73% favorability is post election, now that his name-recognition is so much higher than it previously was. None of that necessarily translates to votes. That has to be acknowledged. Somebody else may seem like a better, more practical candidate to a huge chunk of these voters, and as somebody else pointed out, a lot of these voters aren't necessarily democrats, so may have no influence on a primary. But if the question is whether or not Sanders' brand is damaged, as another OP posited, I think this should put that notion to rest.