Jan 24 2007
Can Obama Count on the Black Vote?
There is no doubt that Barack Obama can appeal to white audiences —witness the huge crowds of people the Presidential contender has drawn in Iowa and New Hampshire, or his best-selling book. But one of the many unknowns about Obama is how black activists and voters will respond to a different kind of candidacy for an African-American hopeful. Jesse Jackson’s focus on the underclass and poverty didn’t win him the Democratic nomination in 1988, but Obama would surely like to win the 90% of the black vote in most states that Jackson did.
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