[Dr. Sivana]

If we really want the black votes in play, and we should, we have to be willing to play the long game. It doesn't need a lot of money. Linda McMahon and Carly Fiorina couldn't buy black votes no matter how much they spent. It doesn't need pandering either. You have to go into the black areas, go to their meetings, NOT EXPECTING THEIR VOTE. But you must let them know that you DO care about their legitimate concerns even if you disagree as to how to address them, and you must actually mean that you want their consideration, and NOT to look like an even handed guy to the "moderate" white voters or the media.

Rinse, repeat, for 10-15 years. You'll never get 50%, but even going from 10% to 25% would be worth doing in some districts. At very least it would make opponents defend that which they take for granted. The first step to getting a vote, is letting the voter know his vote is wanted. The above applies also to Hispanics as well.

[X-spurt]

Such an academic approach would fail primarily because it falsely assumes holders people operate with similar ethical and altruistic standards as does Western European culture.

Quite clearly their culture is more self oriented, probably because of their history from slavery to the multitude of dangers within Mother Africa.

[itsahoot]

The first step to getting a vote, is letting the voter know his vote is wanted.

The first step to getting a vote, is determining the price.