Observation of one truth about Black voters...

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52. Does your research teach you that that is exactly why campaigns seek "name recognition"?

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Of course campaigns do that, they run ads, they send people like you out to canvass to make people aware of who their candidate is, of his/her virtues and platform — to get votes.

All politicians depend on that. That's nothing new.

Sanders knows that, which is why he joined the Democratic Party 8 months ago. He wanted in on the national TV debates and the national coverage that would lead to wider "name recognition". It was too late though.

He should have joined the party long ago, worked to build relationships in the party, perhaps earn superdelegates from that, become a national figure in the party like his opponent, be known about in the diversified demographic that is the Dem party, and not just the majority white part of it.

If he had done this years ago he would probably have won some of the southern primaries (where Clinton picked up her big lead) because black voters would have known who he was, that he had Marched with MLK, what he was all about, and he would probably be leading the race right now.

Timing is everything though, and his was a little too late.