I struggle to comprehend black voters support of democrats. If you look at the black unemployment number, decline in family income and lower home ownership rates since Obama was elected, support for democrats looks foolish.
WASHINGTON — The confidential memo from a former pollster for
President Obama
contained a blunt warning for Democrats. Written this month with an eye
toward Election Day, it predicted “crushing Democratic losses across
the country” if the party did not do more to get black voters to the
polls.
“African-American
surge voters came out in force in 2008 and 2012, but they are not well
positioned to do so again in 2014,” Cornell Belcher, the pollster, wrote
in the memo, dated Oct. 1. “In fact, over half aren’t even sure when
the midterm elections are taking place.”
Mr.
Belcher’s assessment points to an urgent imperative for Democrats: To
keep Republicans from taking control of the Senate, as many are
predicting, they need black voters in at least four key states. Yet the
one politician guaranteed to generate enthusiasm among African Americans
is the same man many Democratic candidates want to avoid: Mr. Obama.
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