Posted on 07/25/2016 2:08:51 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Most Americans believe there’s a lot at stake in the 2016 presidential election—but none more than Black women. According to a new poll reported in the Washington Post, nearly three-quarters of African-American women are “strongly” afraid of the consequences of their candidate losing the election.
The Gallup poll found that 72 percent of Black women, who are by far Hillary Clinton supporters, fear a Donald Trump presidency. White women (at 56 percent) and Black men (at 55 percent) are a distant second and third, among those who strongly fear their candidate losing.
What explains the high level of anxiety for Black women? Avis Jones-DeWeever, a former executive director of the National Council of Negro Women, told the Post that she shares that fear, as the mother of two sons at a time of racial tension between the police and young Black men.
“Although a lot of us may not be super excited about our options at this point in the game, I honestly think what we’re seeing in those [Gallup] numbers are Black women saying we will do whatever is necessary to protect our children, and that’s probably the best weapon we have,” Jones-DeWeever told the Post.
Political consultant Rebekah Caruthers echoed Jones-DeWeever’s comments. She told the newspaper that many Black women have anxiety about “those aggressive and sometimes hateful words” from Trump’s camp.
“Black women are fearful for the future of our families and Donald Trump almost seems like an existential threat to that,” she added. “I think that’s going to drive Black women in droves to the polling place this year.”
The New York Times reports that the African-American voter turnout rate exceeded the rate of Whites for the first time in 2012. And Black women were the driving force behind the historic surge.
The Post said Black activists and consultants predict that Black women will again cast ballots in high numbers in 2016—this time out of concern over how a Trump presidency would raise racial tension to a level that could impact the well-being of their families.
Afraid Trump’s gonna cut off their gravy train, is what they’re afraid of.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evJWyQQEdxE
Hard to believe how brainwashed people like that are. I bet even if God’s begotten son was the Republican candidate, there would be similar results with this type of poll.
Bingo! You win. Smoke and mirrors; if they’re so concerned about the Poleese shooting their sons unjustifiably, then what about the other 99% of these killings done by their own? Just sayin’
19th Amendment was a BIG mistake bump!
Where my EBT, TANF, Medicaid, ObamaCare, Section 8 voucher, ETIC, Obamphone be at?
Can you believe this drivel? If they care about children, they would not whore around to multiple men, pushing out bastards. They would not use their children as a means to get government paychecks and benefits. They would not have an illegitimacy rate of 73%. They would raise their children with a father who would give them standards and guidance. But no. They don't give a sh-t about children.
Can anyone give an example of those alleged words?
This is mind-boggling. Who has been president while racial relations have gone down the drain? Which party has been in charge in all of the most violent areas, where the murder rate has been spiking for the last few years? And these brainless idiots want more of the same because they are so scared of what a Republican will do? Excuse me, but that looks extremely like battered woman syndrome. It certainly isn't a rational thought process.
Unless I'm *very* much mistaken the state of their families started on a steep downward spiral in 1965,which continues to this day.
Or was it 1964?
It’s sort of the same with the N word. The family/ tribe can say it six ways to Sunday but if a non family non tribe member (ie white person) utters it all hell breaks loose.
I thought Trump was the fear monger and the Left was the “Don’t worry, die happy” crowd...
This can’t be true.
Every advertisement I see on TV shows blacks as middle- and upper-class intact families, or single moms smarter than everyone else in the room.
The black demographic moved from Republican (freeing the slaves, right to vote, etc.) to Democrat during the Great Depression, when FDR started promising freebies.
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