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elocs

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5. How did the black vote help Clinton here in Wisconsin

Reply to bluewater (Original post)

Wed Aug 21, 2019, 05:33 PM

Aug 2019

when she lost by about 23,000 votes (just less than Jill Stein received here) but in largely black Milwaukee county, 55,000 fewer people voted than did for Obama in 2012 and 2/3 of that number could have historically been expected to vote for the Democratic candidate.
But then Hillary couldn't be bothered to make a single campaign visit here in Wisconsin during the general election campaign. That decision didn't work out so well.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Biden's margin with black voters probably won't yield the advantage it did for Hillary Clinton [View all] bluewater Aug 2019 OP

This is a silly comparison Reece2076 Aug 2019 #1

ZING! Princetonian Aug 2019 #2

What's silly is to think 20 candidates will be in the race past Iowa and New Hampshire. bluewater Aug 2019 #6

yes but the current polls are based on 20 candidates not just 2 Reece2076 Aug 2019 #8

First of all let me state that I'm very familiar with Butterflylady Aug 2019 #3

Another thread about how Biden is failing NYMinute Aug 2019 #4

How did the black vote help Clinton here in Wisconsin elocs Aug 2019 #5

Voting was down in Wisconsin largely because of voter suppression laws. StevieM Aug 2019 #10

The problem I see in his analysis is that it is projecting far in the future primaries/caucuses karynnj Aug 2019 #7

No candidate in 2016 was going to garner the AA turnout that came out for Obama in 2012 MichMan Aug 2019 #9

Don't tell that to the media, they love to ignore that fact so they can belittle HRC. (eom) StevieM Aug 2019 #11