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Godhumor

(6,437 posts)
Mon Feb 8, 2016, 01:23 AM Feb 2016

There are 7 states where racial minorities are less than 10% of eligible voters. IA & NH are 2

% of racial minorities among eligible voters:

Iowa - 8%
New Hampshire - 6%

Super Tuesday
Vermont - 4%
North Dakota - 8%

3/6/16
Maine - 6%

5/10/16
West Virginia - 6%

6/7/16
Montana - 8%

Info from an interactive graphic deep in the following article:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2016/02/06/hillary-clinton-protecting-southern-firewall-bernie-sanders-tries-chip-away-her-african-american-support/wxKk1RqpJzdSaG2r9qLTAN/story.html

There are a lot of interesting conclusions you can draw from the above information about the 2016 race...

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There are 7 states where racial minorities are less than 10% of eligible voters. IA & NH are 2 (Original Post) Godhumor Feb 2016 OP
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Bernie has always tended to regard people as either Hortensis Feb 2016 #9
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RACIAL BATTLEGROUND FOR THE WHITEHOUSE 2016!!! Cheese Sandwich Feb 2016 #2
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I wish CNN was here to tell me Jane Goodall was attacked by Berniebros on bookface Cheese Sandwich Feb 2016 #5
Eek. kath Feb 2016 #6
OK... thanks for the info? reformist2 Feb 2016 #4
That's good news for Sanders mwrguy Feb 2016 #7
We shouldn't have the first two primaries/caucuses in such white states, Liberty Belle Feb 2016 #8
k+r... TeeYiYi Feb 2016 #11
More race baiting?? Fearless Feb 2016 #12
The white population in the U.S. is shrinking. Soon they will be the minority. nt ProudToBeLiberal Feb 2016 #13

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Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
9. Bernie has always tended to regard people as either
Mon Feb 8, 2016, 09:02 AM
Feb 2016

with him and what he wants to achieve for our country -- or not. And he has rather famously had little patience with or time to waste on those who are not.

To date, no minority voting block has declared itself "with" him and his revolution. Blacks, for instance, are currently involved with one of their own, one that Bernie has expressed little interest in furthering at this time as he feels his own revolution would "lift all boats." All this has resulted in a disconnect between Bernie and the minority support any Democratic candidate needs (and really should have).

Note that Bernie's leftist revolution basically rejects any cooperation with liberal and conservative solutions. Most minorities, like most whites, are moderate liberal to moderate conservative. Most states have sizable minority group populations who largely tend to vote their particular interests in blocks -- and who expect the people who want their vote to support THEIR issues.

Get it? Bernie has minority-voter problems and needs to fix them. If he can.

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Liberty Belle

(9,535 posts)
8. We shouldn't have the first two primaries/caucuses in such white states,
Mon Feb 8, 2016, 02:39 AM
Feb 2016

where minorities' voices are diminished in thinning down the herd of candidates.

People should complain to the DNC about this, and ask that at least one racially diverse state be moved up to be first, or at least second.

Nevada is the third primary/caucus and I don't think it's very diverse either, though North Carolina, up soon, does have a lot of African-Americans. You would think with the high percentage of Latinos nationwide, there should be a state with a lot of Latinos in the early lineup.

TeeYiYi

(8,028 posts)
11. k+r...
Mon Feb 8, 2016, 02:09 PM
Feb 2016

...for the interactive graphic at the link. Very interesting. Plenty of conclusions to be drawn about the country as a whole.

TYY

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