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Reply #161: I think the vast majority of the African American vote goes to the Democrat, period. [View All]

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Vektor

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Sun Jan-27-08 04:56 AM
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161. I think the vast majority of the African American vote goes to the Democrat, period.

So just by virtue of being a Democrat, he's likely to get a lot of black people voting for him anyway. There is no way of knowing what motivated each individual voter in South Carolina, during this particular Democratic primary but it seems shortsighted to assume that just because many black people voted for Obama, that they were "color-struck" and only did it because he too is black. It implies that the voters were not cognizant enough to make an informed decision on the issues, which seems unfair. Perhaps the people who voted for Obama in SC really DID feel he represented them well on the issues. :shrug:

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