Posted on 11/07/2006 11:06:26 AM PST by freedomdefender
20% is what the polls they were refering to were saying, and it seems to indicate he'll get much more then that.
I think it was Survey USA had him getting closer to 33%.
PG County, MD is a bellweather AA county in the USA
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Exactly. And there are Steele signs border to border.
Swann and Blackwell had different environments to run in. I agree Steele ran a better campaign, but I don't think either of them would have won even if they had run better campaigns.
Blackwell would probably have won in a landslide in 2002 or might still be able to win a comeback bid in 2010, but this year the environment is just poisonous for R's in Ohio because of Taft.
Swann is running against and incumbent, and has little experience, and Rendell is one of the most experienced Pols in the nation.
I'm not saying I don't like Swann or Blackwell, just saying they had very different challenges.
"20% is what the polls they were refering to were saying, and it seems to indicate he'll get much more then that.
"I think it was Survey USA had him getting closer to 33%."
That would be very good news and certainly would be moving into a more respectable range.
My posts weren't meant to be negative, just to put things in perspective. I realize things don't change overnight; the fact is, however, they haven't changed much in several decades.
Try the crab instead. You'll find it's much better. :0)
I only spoke to 1 person, an older black women behind me in line with I slight accent. She said she had just recently in the past few years became a citizen and she was proud of Michael and wanted to see him win.
I agreed and said I was voting the same way.
"20% is what the polls they were refering to were saying, and it seems to indicate he'll get much more then that.That would be very good news and certainly would be moving into a more respectable range."I think it was Survey USA had him getting closer to 33%."
I have long held the view that Republicans should be assiduously cultivating and nominating black conservatives in the purple and blue states especially. Because it's not the percentage of the vote you get, it's the net difference which counts.A Republican who gets only 10% of the AA vote is in the hole by a net 80% (90%-10%) of the AA vote. A Republican who gets 20%, OTOH, is only in the hole by a net 60% of the AA vote. Assuming constant turnout, that is a substantial boost. If indeed Steele gets 35%, he will only be in the hole by 30% of the AA vote. That should be enough to put the Democrats in a fair fight!
I hope you're right.
This could be a very important GOP victory when it comes to winning the minority vote.
If the GOP had roundabout 20% black support no Dimocrat would ever be elected again. That's how much of a difference it is. If the numbers are true, Steele is a lock.
You are probalby correct!!! Love the spell checker, but yes the CRAB is better than the other!!!!!!!
About time...the "up-yours-we're-done-with-the-plantation" vote! Long overdue!
What they're not saying about the pastors is that they have woke up to the fact that the Democrats by and large represent unGodly values in direct opposition to God's word. Democrats who take the Christian faith seriously (and there are some) have found themselves shunned by their own party. They are given a choice: God or party. They have made up their minds.
Praise the Lord and His Truth!
Alas it was the hispanics that defeated Steele. I saw the demographics in MD and there was a huge shift against Steele. We may never see a black conservative elected because of how much the hispanics hate blacks. They vote against black Democtats too. I would like to see how Ford did among hispanics in Tennessee.
But we're only ~4% hispanic, right?
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