The Role of Black Women in the Democratic Party

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13. Been trying to make this point here too.

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The rock solid base of the Democratic Party is women, particularly black women. It is not that we don't need white liberals and students too. #allvotesmatter But you cannot underestimate the power of black women at the voting booth once you understand the demographics in this country.

The problem for black women and the black community in general is that their support is so steady, it is taken for granted. This is one of the reasons #BLM is so important, but I will not digress into that right now. People here know anyway.

My theory is that many white liberals live and function in very white, liberal places and do not understand coalition building or conservatives very well. Then they project their reality onto a national election, which just does not work.

I live in a "new south" city that is strongly Democratic these days because the minority of white liberal voters and the minority of AA voters know how to work together to become the majority. And we have enough conservatives here, that if we blow it and start bickering, they can still beat us. But we just keep winning It is great practice for understanding national elections.