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NEWS ABOUT: black voters

black voters stories: 15 news summaries
ANALYSIS

 5 Predictors in Georgia Runoff 


Dec 2, 08 1:31 PM CST
(Newser) - If Saxby Chambliss defeats Jim Martin in the Georgia Senate runoff today, Democratic hopes of a 60-seat majority will be dashed, Politico reports. Here are five things to look for as voters go again to the polls.
  • Turnout: Martin's hopes ride on higher than average black participation, which happened
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Senate • Georgia • runoff election • Election 2008 • black voters • polls • Jim Martin • Saxby Chambliss

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

Democrats Surge in Early Voting

Republican advantage no more

Oct 25, 08 10:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Early voting is usually dominated by Republicans, as wealthy, well-educated whites tend to be the ones who turn out. But not this year, the Los Angeles Times reports, as high proportions of Democrats and African Americans are being seen everywhere in the 32 states where voters can cast early ballots... More »

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Barack Obama • Election 2008 • black voters • early voting

 Black Voters Hitting Polls Early 

Early voting big among African Americans

Oct 22, 08 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Black turnout isn’t just expected to be high this year; according to early voting records, it already is, the Wall Street Journal reports. African Americans account for 36% of early ballots in Georgia, for instance, despite making up just 29% of active voters. In 2004, blacks represented 25% of... More »

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Obama 2008 • Election 2008 • black voters • early voting

ANALYSIS

 Black Voters May 
 Tip House Contests 

Obama coattails could mobilize enough to play decisive role in at least 10 districts

Oct 21, 08 11:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - With black voters expected to come out in record numbers on Nov. 4, Democrats think a surge could flip as many as 10 hotly contested House districts in their favor, the Washington Post reports. “I was just thinking about the need to vote Democratic down the line,” said... More »

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Barack Obama • House of Representatives • Election 2008 • coattails • Congressional incumbents • black voters

(Newser) - Black leaders in Alaska say it's no surprise to see Sarah Palin sparking debate over race on the campaign trail, the AP reports. "She has no sensitivity to minorities," said a black Baptist minister who has urged her to hire more people of color. Another likened her supporters... More »

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Alaska • race relations • Sarah Palin • black voters

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

 GOP Throws a Very White Party 

Diversity not strong for GOP

Sep 4, 08 10:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scan the faces in the Xcel Energy Center, and you’ll see a sea of white. This year’s Republican National Convention is the whitest on record, the Washington Post reports, with just 36 black delegates —out of 2,380. “It’s hard to look around and... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • race relations • Republican Party • minorities • black voters • Republican National Convention

 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 Looks to Tip Scales by Boosting Black Vote

Army of volunteers fans out, targeting young people, African Americans

Jul 28, 08 3:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama campaign’s national voter-registration effort has deployed 3,000 volunteers, with one major focus on expanding the African-American voter base dramatically. One volunteer hits the sweltering streets of Macon, Ga., with the Washington Post in tow. "You see how mentally shackled and jaded people are, because they've... More »

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Florida • Barack Obama • Ohio • Georgia • Nevada • voter registration • black voters

Judaism's Black Converts Growing Part of US Mosaic

More African-Americans switch religions even as Obama seeks to renew connection

Jul 17, 08 8:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - The number of African-Americans converting to Judaism is growing, the Christian Science Monitor reports, at a time when Democrat Barack Obama is seeking to renew what was once a strong alliance between the groups. Politics, though, plays a small role; "Obama's candidacy, African-Americans choosing to be Jews ... is all... More »

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Barack Obama • Jews • religion • presidential politics • conversion • Election 2008 • black voters

What Jackson Problem?
Waning Clout Signals Shift

Obama, younger generation seem little concerned with fallout

Jul 11, 08 7:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Once, Democrats worried about “the Jesse Jackson problem,” the fear that rebuke from Jackson would cost them black voters. But now, some Democrats are saying that Jackson’s latest criticisms of Barack Obama may actually help the Illinois senator, the New York Times reports, both with white voters... More »

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Barack Obama • Jesse Jackson • race relations • black culture • black voters

OPINION

Even Obama Can't Whistle
Through Dixie

He'll lose because white voters will cancel out black turnout: prof

Jul 1, 08 8:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama is running a 50-state campaign, and some of his more breathless supporters have talked up the candidate as the first Democrat to win the South in decades. Not so fast, writes Thomas F. Schaller. As the political scientist explains in a New York Times op-ed, the Obaman dream... More »

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Barack Obama • race • Georgia • North Carolina • Virginia • Obama 2008 • South • black voters


 Obama Aims 
 to Take Back 
 the South 

Democrats think they can win Dixie

Jun 30, 08 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama thinks he can do something Democrats have found impossible for 40 years: win the South. Dixie has been bright red ever since the Civil Rights Movement, but it's also full of black and young voters who either aren't registered or don't usually vote. So the potential in demographic... More »

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Barack Obama • Georgia • North Carolina • Virginia • demographics • South • black voters

THE GLOSSIES

Why White Supremacists Prefer Obama 

3 of 4 support him, despite racial differences

Jun 15, 08 4:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - McCain may lead Obama by 10% among white voters, but three of four white supremacists say they prefer the Illinois senator, Esquire reports.
  1. The Director of the White Aryan Resistance calls Obama a "black racist," but still supports him because of McCain's economic policies. He "hates
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race relations • racism • Obama 2008 • white supremacism • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • election • white voters • the race card • black voters

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