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In reply to the discussion: Black voters deserve all the credit for the Doug Jones win in Alabama [View all]Tom Rinaldo
(22,912 posts)You will get no argument from me there. But that is most white voters, and in some cases (as in Alabama) the overwhelming majority of white voters. But that is not all white voters, nor even virtually all white voters. Hundreds of thousands of white voters supported Jones last night. And to paraphrase your comment, without those whites who do vote Democratic, outside of minority majority districts, Democrats would lose virtually every election. That is my only point. I do not mean to underestimate the critical leadership role that African Americans play in allowing Democrats to remain competitive nation wide, or obscure the fact that they, unlike most whites, get it right. And blacks do not get the credit they deserve for that. Yes, they are essential.