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Democrats Say African American Voters Key to November Election
Voice of America ^ | October 26,2010 | Chris Simkins

Posted on 10/26/2010 3:58:52 PM PDT by mdittmar

Recent public opinion polls of likely U.S. voters suggest the Republican Party will replace the Democratic Party as the majority party in both houses of Congress following the mid-term election on 2 Nov. Republicans also expect major gains in state and local elections.

In an attempt to avoid defeat, Democratic Party candidates are trying to rally their supporters, including a loyal base of African American voters. Volunteers are on a mission to get African American voters to the polls in Baltimore, Maryland. They are canvassing this neighborhood and others across the mid-Atlantic state of Maryland during the early voting period ahead of the actual election day.

Keith Haynes is running for his third term as a Maryland state lawmaker. Besides campaigning, he wants people to get excited about the election. "We are actually encouraging people to get out and vote now. So if he's in town he can take advantage of early voting today."

Haynes also said, "During the primary election a few weeks ago, we had one of the lowest voter turnouts that we have had in the state of Maryland and we are trying to boost those number up for the general election."

(Excerpt) Read more at voanews.com ...


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Now I'm getting confused,I thought it was Women or Unions or Hispanics or LGBT?

I hope every American votes.

1 posted on 10/26/2010 3:58:57 PM PDT by mdittmar
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To: mdittmar

I really wish Democrats would stop lumping all blacks into a single, homogeneous group. Granted, the vast majority votes for Democrats, but Thomas Sowell, Alan Keyes, Clarence Thomas, Condi Rice and others do not.


2 posted on 10/26/2010 4:02:30 PM PDT by whitedog57
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To: mdittmar

They’ve tapped this well and it’s dry now, but keep trying to get more votes from this group, it won’t save you, but it will give you something to do.


3 posted on 10/26/2010 4:04:50 PM PDT by Brett66 (Where government advances, and it advances relentlessly , freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
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To: mdittmar

Yeah, this one’ll be a little tougher on the dems, now that ACORN’s out of the election-fixing business.


4 posted on 10/26/2010 4:08:20 PM PDT by Kenton (Just my $0.02 worth...)
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To: mdittmar

In other words: Slaves, your masters are calling on you.
Hey, say what you will but this is how the democrats treat black people in America.


5 posted on 10/26/2010 4:08:34 PM PDT by vpintheak (Obama sez I'm an enemy and I will be punished. No problem, I have my Saviour.)
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To: mdittmar

Voter fraud will also help these bastards.


6 posted on 10/26/2010 4:09:53 PM PDT by rbosque (11 year Freeper! Combat Economist.)
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To: mdittmar

I don’t think that strategy will work.

I remember Obama’s immaculation, and the excitement and hope that many African Americans had then.

They really, really expected that their lives would be appreciably better under Obama. Obama and the Dems fed that hope.

It didn’t happen, I don’t know how many blacks will cross over next week, but many have to be crestfallen with what they actually received.

I can’t see the colossal turnout again, particularly considering Obama isn’t on the ballot and just such weak links like Sestak, Brown and Reid to come out and vote for.


7 posted on 10/26/2010 4:14:35 PM PDT by I_Like_Spam
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To: mdittmar

This is how I know the Democrats are in big-time trouble: when your political “Maginot Line” is comprised of a class of people, a majority of whom would refuse to vote for your opponent even if you were caught robbing a bank, you’re done.


8 posted on 10/26/2010 4:15:15 PM PDT by andy58-in-nh (America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
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To: rbosque

They’re setting up the basis for voting fraud.


9 posted on 10/26/2010 4:15:24 PM PDT by HIDEK6
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To: mdittmar

Democrats have been excellent at getting the black vote in the past because they’re so good at keeping them dependant on gummit and uneducated about the true history in regard to civil rights and freedom. Conservatives will never get the black vote. Too many generations of brainwashing.


10 posted on 10/26/2010 4:16:24 PM PDT by albie
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To: mdittmar

I guess since they have lost the white middle class though some how I do not think the numbers will be equal?


11 posted on 10/26/2010 4:19:49 PM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: mdittmar

It will be difficult for the Demonrats to move the percentage of black Dem votes up from 95% to 98%.


12 posted on 10/26/2010 4:23:51 PM PDT by luvbach1 (Stop Barry now. He can't help himself.)
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To: luvbach1

racist


13 posted on 10/26/2010 4:25:03 PM PDT by scooby321
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To: mdittmar

Looks like Al can vote twice (at least)

14 posted on 10/26/2010 4:25:32 PM PDT by BigLittle
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To: mdittmar

With a black president, black voters “don’t do” midterms anymore.


15 posted on 10/26/2010 4:28:00 PM PDT by Crawdad (Obamacare will lead to back-alley physicals.)
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To: chris_bdba
I guess since they have lost the white middle class though some how I do not think the numbers will be equal?

They won't be. National elections are decided by white swing voters. Where they fall on election day, victory follows. Every last black can vote Democrat and it won't mean anything if white swing voters trend elsewhere.

16 posted on 10/26/2010 4:32:02 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: mdittmar

Jesse Jackson, the race hustlers, said publicly today that blacks hold the key to victory this election cycle, stating that there are more blacks than Tea Partiers. I think he is badly mistaken and only wishing this was so. Given that there are only 12% of our country self-identify as blacks, and that a good percentage of those are of legal voting age, and a smaller percentage of those are registered to vote, and a still smaller percentage of those will actually vote, compared to all the pissed off patriot Americans who are champing at the bit to vote, including a good percentage of those are blacks, I would say we are going to run-up the score on the liberal-leftist come November.
Jesse, you can go back to Chicago and continue doing what you do, which is rabble rouse for the penny cup, and cavort with your teenage staff. Worthless!


17 posted on 10/26/2010 4:32:26 PM PDT by Doulos1 (Bitter Clinger Forever)
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To: mdittmar

Getting out the Black Vote might help the Democrats in Senate races but I can’t see how it would help in some of the gerrymandered House districts.


18 posted on 10/26/2010 4:42:19 PM PDT by NRG1973
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To: mdittmar
"Help us, Obaama-Kenyobi, you're our only hope!"

Hopey-Changey to the RESCUE!

vs.

Oops, now I gotta post this:

(Race card not valid on NPR or the Supreme Court.)

19 posted on 10/26/2010 5:03:43 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Doulos1
Yes, but Tea-Party voters only vote once: and their vote may be lost or thrown away or (if in the military overseas) not allowed to happen.

NO cheers, unfortunately.

20 posted on 10/26/2010 5:05:24 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: grey_whiskers

Good points all. It is a crime what the Dem’s have done to our serving military. A congressional investigation should be immediately done on whom is responsible and they should go to jail. I believe that the the coming tsunami can’t be undone by the crooked ways of the Democrats, with God’s help.


21 posted on 10/26/2010 5:10:30 PM PDT by Doulos1 (Bitter Clinger Forever)
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To: mdittmar

Just once, Just once...I would like to hear someone from either party say that the “white vote” is key to an election....afterall we make about 70% of the electorate versus 10% for blacks.


22 posted on 10/26/2010 5:12:47 PM PDT by northwinds
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To: Kenton

No Freebies No vote!


23 posted on 10/26/2010 5:15:21 PM PDT by screaminsunshine (the way to win this game is not to play)
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To: Kenton

No Freebies No vote!


24 posted on 10/26/2010 5:15:26 PM PDT by screaminsunshine (the way to win this game is not to play)
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To: Kenton

No Freebies No vote!


25 posted on 10/26/2010 5:15:32 PM PDT by screaminsunshine (the way to win this game is not to play)
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To: mdittmar

Black has been the key to DemonCrap victory for the last 40 years.

If they ever stop voting for them en masse, the DemonCraps are permanently toast.


26 posted on 10/26/2010 5:55:56 PM PDT by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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To: Drew68

Blacks can’t sway many House elections as the majority of blacks live in Safe Dem districts anyhow. They have the potential to sway some Senate or Governor’s races in some states, e.g. PA, but there’s nothing to indicate blacks are engaged in this election to any significant degree.


27 posted on 10/26/2010 6:14:10 PM PDT by randita (Visit keyhouseraces.com to find GOP House candidates who need your support to knock off a DEM.)
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