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African-American voters stories: 32 news summaries

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 Blacks Still Unequal 
 in US: Report 

African-Americans remain less employed, more often imprisoned than whites

Mar 25, 09 1:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Though a black family occupies the White House, inequality between African-Americans and whites persists in the US, a study by the Urban League says. Blacks are twice as likely to be jobless, three times more likely to be poor, six times more likely to have spent time in prison. A... More »

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race • African Americans • employment • black • African-American voters • African-Americans • incarceration

analysis

Obama-Driven Minority Turnout Fueled Marriage Ban

Latino, black supporters helped conservative Calif. proposition pass

Nov 11, 08 3:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama's popularity among California's minorities helped pass the state's conservative-backed gay marriage ban, Dan Walters writes in the Sacramento Bee. Blacks and Latinos—94% of whom voted for Obama—turned out in record numbers, and the majority of them supported the ban. The proposition would probably have failed with... More »

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California • gay marriage • Latino voters • marriage • conservative • African-American voters • minority vote • black voters • Proposition 8

Obama Quietly Moves to Pump Up Black Vote

Dem balances image concerns with efforts
to increase turnout

Oct 7, 08 9:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama is running a quiet parallel campaign aimed at black voters while he spends his time and more obvious effort in moderate white areas, Politico reports. The campaign has run ads targeted at black voters that aren’t released to the media, and scoured heavily African-American areas for new... More »

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Obama 2008 • African-American voters • minority vote • Election 2008 • black voters

ANALYSIS

 Detroit Mess May Hurt Obama 

In battleground Michigan, GOP seizing on Dem's support of ousted Detroit mayor

Sep 5, 08 3:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - The fall of Kwame Kilpatrick could hurt Barack Obama’s chances in all-important Michigan, writes Keith Naughton for Newsweek. Long before the scandal broke, Obama embraced Kilpatrick at a Detroit event and told a crowd the “great” mayor would do “astounding things for many years to come”—... More »

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Barack Obama • African Americans • Detroit • Michigan • suburban voters • African-American voters • Kwame Kilpatrick • the suburban vote • Election 2008

Obama's Run Forces Debate on Black Identity

Candidacy highlights growing divides in black America

Aug 23, 08 12:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama's candidacy has drawn overwhelming support from the black community but also sparked debate on how much of a community it really is. The Wall Street Journal examines how Obama's international and biracial heritage highlights the growing diversity of black America, and some of the tensions this has created.... More »

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immigration • Barack Obama • black community • African-American voters • African-Americans

 Housing Bill Funds
 Democratic Ally

Group sets out to register the poor

Jul 31, 08 9:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nestled in the housing bill President Bush signed yesterday is an acronym Republicans don’t like one bit: ACORN. The Wall Street Journal reports that the group is among the many housing-related nonprofits the bill hands cash to, but Republicans grumble that it does more than housing. It’s also... More »

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Congress • Latino voters • Democratic voters • activist • African-American voters • minority vote • the Hispanic vote • low income voters • voter registration • housing legislation • black voters • Acorn

 Obama to
 NAACP: 'Seize
 Responsibility' 

Candidate pushes home message on accountability at NAACP convention

Jul 15, 08 4:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama stood firm on his message to blacks of personal responsibility in his speech to the NAACP convention yesterday, reports the Chicago Tribune. The candidate, accused by Jesse Jackson last week of "talking down to black people," revisited his theme of personal accountability while stressing that responsibility... More »

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Barack Obama • black community • civil rights • NAACP • African-American voters • African-Americans

 Black Media Outlets 
 Focus on Obama Ads 

Budget for African-American outreach unclear

Jul 14, 08 6:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Barack Obama campaign hasn't spent much on advertising in African-American media, a trend many hope the candidate will reverse as he gears up for the general election, Advertising Age reports. "The audience has to be motivated to get out and vote," says a BET exec who... More »

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television • Barack Obama • newspaper • black community • American media • targeted advertising • African-American voters • campaign advertising • Election 2008

Analysis

How Hillary Missed the Boat on Black Votes

Obama's dominance in the demographic hardly a given at the start

May 5, 08 3:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama's lead over Hillary Clinton among black voters is perhaps not surprising, but Clinton could have avoided such devastating losses in the demographic, Thomas Schaller writes in Salon. "One would expect Obama to win these voters, but 90-10 is a total collapse that Obama is not experiencing among... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • demographics • African-American voters

Race Looms Large After Obama Loss

Dems start asking whether a black candidate can win

Apr 24, 08 8:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Until recently, Barack Obama seemed to have quashed concerns about the chances of an African-American winning the White House. But as he inches closer to the nomination, more Democrats are beginning to ask whether white and other non-black voters will elect a black man in November. The question has taken... More »

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Barack Obama • race • African Americans • voting • Democratic presidential candidates • Democratic nomination • Democratic Party • African-American voters • Pennsylvania primary • white voters

 'Chicago Was 
 His Harvard 
 of Politics' 

A look back at Obama's early political presence

Apr 21, 08 12:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s unconventional personal background contrasts sharply with the roots of his political instincts and career. In Chicago's patronage-happy system, the young pol learned to break bread with conservatives, play to the black masses, and even get his back up when necessary. The Wall Street Journal examines the candidate’... More »

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Barack Obama • Chicago • Harvard • African-American voters • bipartisanship • patronage

Smiley Quits Radio Show After Obama Remarks

'He can't take the
hate,' host says

Apr 12, 08 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tavis Smiley is quitting as political analyst for a national radio show after comments he made about Barack Obama, the Washington Post reports. Smiley says he’s leaving the “Tom Joyner Morning Show” for personal reasons, but Joyner says otherwise. “The real reason is that he can’t... More »

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talk radio • race relations • Obama 2008 • Tavis Smiley • African-American voters

ANALYSIS

Arizona's Black Leaders Haven't Felt the Mac Love

Senator has trouble 'feigning interest,' says scribe

Apr 8, 08 2:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain has "pretty well zero relationship" with African Americans in his home state, says one prominent civil rights leader, and many others say they've never even gotten their senior senator's attention—much less met him. McCain's perceived indifference may be one thing in Arizona, and quite another in... More »

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John McCain • Arizona • Jon Kyl • civil rights • African-American voters

Obama's General Election Plan: Sign Up Voters

Barack's massive registration drive could 'change the math'

Apr 2, 08 2:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama's general-election strategy is to rejigger the electorate in his favor by signing up massive numbers of new voters—mainly young and African-American voters. Suspicious Dems point out that a similar effort failed John Kerry in 2004, but, reports Politico, there's legitimate reason to think Obama might be able... More »

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Barack Obama • African-American voters • minority vote • young voters • voter registration • Project Vote

Clinton Slips to New Low in Poll

37% approval rating worst of campaign; Obama appears to weather pastor storm

Mar 27, 08 6:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton is suffering some of the worst poll numbers of her political career, according to an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll. Clinton chalked up a personal approval rating of just 37%, the lowest since March 2001, two months after her election to the Senate. And of Clinton, Barack Obama, and... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Democratic nomination • female voters • African-American voters • Jeremiah Wright • NBC/WSJ Poll • personal approval • pastor controversy • white voters

Dem Fight Risks Fracturing Party's Base

McCain's GOP support grows even as Clinton, Obama numbers split

Mar 12, 08 12:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - The continuing squabbling between the Democratic presidential candidates is taking a toll within the party and dividing groups considered crucial to a victory in November, polls show—even as more Republicans are lining up behind John McCain, the Wall Street Journal reports. "It is alarming and sickening," one... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Democratic nomination • female voters • African-American voters • Election 2008 • Donna Brazile • young voters

UPDATED

Obama Wins Miss. Primary

Hopeful also beats Clinton in Texas caucuses, gaining
most state delegates

Mar 11, 08 8:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Seeking to regain momentum, Barack Obama triumphed in a racially divided Mississippi primary today by winning about 90% of black votes and a third of white voters, CNN projects. He also won last week's Texas caucuses, scoring more state delegates overall than primary-winner Hillary Clinton. Mississippi awards 33 delegates and... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic presidential candidates • Democratic presidential primaries • African-American voters • Pennsylvania primary • Mississippi primary

Lewis Switches His Support
to Obama

Georgia lawmaker and superdelegate initially backed Clinton

Feb 27, 08 5:15 PM CST
(Newser) - After a month of shifting signals, influential congressman John Lewis said today he’s switching his support from Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Lewis says he’s unwilling to go against the voters in his Atlanta district—and that Obama “has tapped into something that... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Atlanta • civil rights • African-American voters • superdelegates • John Lewis

Poll Sees Texas Dead Heat, Slight Clinton Lead in Ohio

Races close ahead of March 4 primaries

Feb 22, 08 4:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are running neck and neck in Texas, while Clinton holds a significant but tenuous lead in Ohio, according to a Washington Post-ABC News Poll. Heading into the crucial March 4 primaries, Clinton leads Obama 48% to 47% in Texas, and 50% to 43% in Ohio... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democrats • Texas • primary • Ohio • caucus • US economy • Latinos • Hispanic • Washington Post ABC poll • independents • African-American voters • white men • white women • senior citizens

Superdelegates Are White Men

Possible decision-makers represent paradoxical turn in historic primary

Feb 15, 08 11:44 AM CST
(Newser) - If the Democratic primary comes down to the superdelegate vote, the historic black man-vs.-white-woman race will be decided by ... white men. At least 46% of the party’s superdelegates are white men, compared to just 28% of Democratic voters. “Obviously, it’s an imperfect system,” one representative... More »

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race • Democratic National Convention • white male • Democratic Party • female voters • African-American voters • superdelegates • Election 2008

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