Y'all don't understand Black voters. Older Black voters roll with perceived winners, having a Black agenda or not has nothing to do with it. Hillary had the Pulp Fiction suitcase with the Black vote shining in it back in 2007 by default. She was a known (D) and had the best chance of winning.
Once Obama started gaining momentum, the tide changed and Black folks rolled with him. Obama didn't lay out a Black agenda to persuade Black voters, he just started winning consistently.
Amen. I want us to shoot our shot and not settle.
That article is overthinking it and I had a feeling it was written by a non-Black person. Frankly, Black people especially the older ones are politically risk averse. The Republicans are blatantly anti-Black, we don't have the luxury to gamble with someone who looks like they won't win- I'm talking every presidential election, not just this one. Look at all the other races, somehow the Republicans are a viable choice for some of them... they aren't for us. I knew some older Black dudes that idealogically agreed with Bernie but voted Clinton because "she had the best chance of winning".
Biden is the safe choice, he is known and he is popular. All his racial gaffes and his racist past are irrelevant, the older gen isn't taking a gamble on someone else at this point in time. If Bernie or Warren start consistently whuppin his ass, Biden may lose Black voters like '08 Hillary did. This is why the current Bernie erasure and the tv bias for Hillary last time are very problematic. They've been downplaying how well Bernie's been doing at various points in this campaign season, that will make folks go elsewhere.
The article is correct that older Black people tend to be Conservative but that has nothing to do with their support for Joe. Most Black Conservatives still vote overwhelmingly Democrat.
Agree!
