I nominate Rachel Dolezal
Posted on 11/30/2016 9:30:36 AM PST by bkopto
The leadership of the Democratic Party, at the highest levels, has consisted of mostly White men and women and a handful of Latinos. What Democratic leadership in the United States Congress, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) doesn’t have — and has never had — is a representative from its most loyal voting bloc over the last three presidential elections: Black women. To say that all quarters of Democratic Party leadership is in need of change is a vast understatement.
The numbers don’t lie. The Democratic Party has lost a historic number of seats across the board from federal representatives to statehouse races. Part of that shift is due to a realignment caused by the appearance of the first Black president. But another part of it is a lack of strategy and misallocation of millions of dollars in resources focused on the wrong voters. While Democrats roll out the same old leaders who employ the same old losing consultants and staff, they ignore members of their most consistently loyal voting group: Black women.
The 2016 election was, in some ways, a powerful statement on who remains loyal to the Democratic Party and who doesn’t. On that note, Latino voters shocked and confused everyone by giving Donald “build a wall” Trump nearly 30 percent of their votes.
In 2012, more than 70 percent of Black women voted, while White women voted at 65.6 percent. Black women continue to make up a larger proportion of Democratic votes than any other subgroup. Given all the research, the Democratic Party continues to chase and reward other groups. One would think that ensuring that African Americans get to the polls would become a number one priority at the DNC and DCCC or to anyone campaigning for the White House. Instead, the party continues to chase voters who seem to have less loyalty to the party than Black women, spending millions, while losing elections.
More than half of White women (53 percent) voted for Donald Trump. Meanwhile, just 4 percent of African American women and 26 percent of Hispanic women voted for the reality TV star.
Why shouldn’t Reps. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Alma Adams and Rep-Elect Val Demings (D-Fla.) serve in leadership? They’re part of the most reliable voting bloc for the Democratic Party and Fudge, Beatty, Adams and Demings are from key swing states. Who better to figure out how to win voters in other sectors than the members of the sector who’ve already shown support? Who better to lead than a former college administrator, a former mayor in a swing state or a former police chief in a battleground state?
Instead it appears as if the Democrats are about to embark on yet another wild goose chase for voters who have either turned their back on them, vote against their interests or who are completely unpredictable. that’s where million of dollars will likely be wasted again in the future just as it was by the DNC in 2016.
Can be no match for Sheila Jackson-Lee. Surely.
They already did her name is Obama.
There strongest voting block is “American haters” they picked just fine.
How about Donna Brazile? She’d be the perfect strong black female to lead the Dems to victory? What? Oh, OK. NEVER MIND!
San Fran Nan and Farrakhan disciple Ellison at the DNC. What a dream team. LOL.
Can she be a lesbian too?
Trifecta, babay!
Sheila Jackson Lee! Sheila Jackson Lee! Sheila Jackson Lee! Sheila Jackson Lee! Sheila Jackson Lee! Sheila Jackson Lee! Sheila Jackson Lee! Sheila Jackson Lee! Sheila Jackson Lee! Sheila Jackson Lee! Sheila Jackson Lee! Sheila Jackson Lee! Sheila Jackson Lee! Sheila Jackson Lee! Sheila Jackson Lee! Sheila Jackson Lee! .................
This should send huge shock-waves throughout the DemBulb Party!..............
It's all been down hill for black Democrat representation since, and she was no prize, either.
Sure to drive their percentage of the black male vote to 3%
Eddie Bernice Johnson?
I believe they should select a leader from their largest voting blocs: the dead and the illegal alien invaders.
I vote for Sheila Jackson Lee. She’s brilliant.
I nominate Rachel Dolezal
I couldn’t agree more! Maxine Waters and the like are exactly what the Democrats are to me.... blathering psycho idiots that are frighteningly stupid.
Pick Condoleeza Rice as their leader. Let her set the Democrat Party platform & agenda!
(after all, she IS Black and IS a Woman)
aint Identity Politics GREAT!
That ought to make a few heads explode.
Yep, make sure you propagate the winning strategy of identity politics. It was one of the reasons for Hillary’s astonishing success.
They tried Donna Brazile. Who turned out to be an unapologetic Presidential debate cheater. Personally I’d like to see Angela Davis or someone of that ilk, but then I’d just as soon the Dems never win another election...
I thought the current DNC chair was a black woman.
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