(Daily Kos) Why Black Voters Vote The Way They Do (and advice on how to win them)

[PATRICK]

1. This is true of unions too

at least in the last several elections. There are not really many large scale people organizations that are great voting "machines" anymore. We have union members to dotty to realize Trump is not perhaps their best pal, but when an organization gets actively involved in supporting a candidate it is much bigger and influential than the single voter.

It has to be frustrating to people based organizations of all kinds how little return they get nowadays in the big dollar, corporate primacy
dominance that still comes knocking on their doors along with people that have no money but better words. Unions busted. Voting rights act gutted. Racism, anti-unionism, anti-liberal and anti any "different" group that the febrile imagination of distraction can whip up. Crumbs from the table if your guy/gal wins.

We all have gotten crap but organizations have to show up for someone or give it all up. There is nothing wrong with the unions or churches or other organizations backing Clinton unless the leadership has been coerced or bought, betraying their membership. Spreading baseless accusations of such though is damaging to the American people and insulting to the party. If you want to police primaries better in that regard and in regards to polling practices and overly super super delegates that unfortunately may be a future fight but now it is mostly part of the unhealthier steam of our political contest.