GOP runoff shows new angle to minority voting

AP ^ | June 28, 2014 | Jesse Holland

[Zakeet]

Sen. Thad Cochran's GOP primary victory, thanks in part to black Mississippians who turned out to vote for him, exemplifies a new math that politicians of all persuasions may be forced to learn as this country's voting population slowly changes complexion.

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"I think that Thad Cochran is a shot across the bow to be felt for a long time," said the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who was the first minority presidential candidate to win a statewide primary or caucus in 1984 and 1988. "You cannot win in the new South or win in national elections with all-white primaries. This is a new America today."

[NormsRevenge]

new angle? lol

wanna win,, cheat like dems.

[petitfour]

They think this is new? I guess YoYo shoes will be new again soon, too.

How was Thad elected to the senate the first time? The black vote went to the Independent candidate.

[Kanzan]

Kansas has closed primaries, and the last day to change parties before the primary is tomorrow. We get a few predictable kamakazies. So glad the good R’s went to the mat on this a few years ago, you can imagine the wailing and moaning they had to put up with to get it passed. Now it looks like the future.

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