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Harris 2020

Wounded Bear

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2. Black voters were actually slow to warm up to Obama...

Reply to wasupaloopa (Reply #1)

Thu May 9, 2019, 06:37 PM

May 2019

the important thing is how the candidate appeals to them, through policies and temperament.

One thing a candidate can't do is take them for granted. Blacks and women of all races were huge in 2018 and we'll need their support in 2020.

We don't NEED to elect a black candidate, but it wouldn't hurt.

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Opinion: The Real Electable Democrat Is Kamala Harris [View all] Kaleva May 2019 OP

I wonder at times if we aren't underestimating wasupaloopa May 2019 #1

Black voters were actually slow to warm up to Obama... Wounded Bear May 2019 #2

Well I am pulling for Kamala because I think she would wasupaloopa May 2019 #3

Yeah, I'm sporting her pic in the Primaries forum... Wounded Bear May 2019 #5

Black voters being "energized" to turn out, is not the problem. They will. And Harris FailureToCommunicate May 2019 #4