Posted on 02/11/2020 9:21:46 AM PST by SeekAndFind
On Monday, former Gov. Deval Patrick (D-Mass.), one of the latecomers in the 2020 Democratic race, insisted that former Vice President Joe Biden's support among black voters "has always been soft." A new national poll from Quinnipiac seemed to confirm that idea, showing Biden's support among black voters cratering and diverting to other candidates.
"Well, I love Joe, but that support has always been soft," Patrick said in an interview Monday. "I think that’s mostly about name recognition, I totally get that, and he’s earned it. But I’ve spent more time in South Carolina than any other candidate… [and] it’s wide open."
"What folks are looking for, I think, in South Carolina, is to get validated here in New Hampshire, frankly. You can sense down there, folks just want to be convinced by New Hampshire that our campaign has got the legs," the former governor said.
Biden has already conceded that he will likely lose the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday. If he does, and his black support craters, where do those black voters go?
A Quinnipiac University poll released Monday seems to suggest an answer — or a few answers.
In the space of two weeks, Biden's support among black voters nationally has cratered. In Quinnipiac's January 28 poll, the former veep enjoyed 49 percent support among this key voting bloc. In the poll released Monday, that number had dropped to 27 percent — a loss of 22 points after Biden's embarrassing fourth-place finish in the Iowa caucuses.
Where did that 22 percent of black voters go? Some of them went to the Iowa caucuses winner, former Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who rose from zero percent to four percent in two weeks. A few went to Iowa runner-up Sen. Bernie Sanders (S-USSR), who jumped from 17 percent to 19 percent.
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The real shift seems to have gone from Biden to former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. At the end of January, Bloomberg only had 7 percent support among black voters nationally. On Monday, that number had ballooned to 22 percent — a 15 percent swing.
The other billionaire in the race, coal-investor-turned-green-activist Tom Steyer, made a play for Biden's black voters in the New Hampshire debate on Friday, but it seems Bloomberg's ads have really paid off for him. If Mike Bloomberg can cut into Biden's support among black voters, he could become a serious force in the primary.
RE: Some of them went to the Iowa caucuses winner, former Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who rose from zero percent to four percent in two weeks.
So, it looks like contrary to what many FReepers say ( i.e., Blacks will not vote for homosexuals ), it seems that there are some blacks who don’t mind voting for a gay “married” man after all.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (S-USSR)Yes, it really is right there in the article! The only thing that surprises me is that it DID NOT say "(C-USSR)."
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Interesting that there is ZERO mention of Trump peeling off some of that disaffected black vote.
Maybe they read Peter Schweizer's "Profiles in Corruption" pages 47-91.....
That’s exactly what I thought. Black people, like anyone else, can ask: Who is causing the economy to soar? Who is liable to tank the economy?
LOL! Well, this is PJ Media...
This guy is still in the race? Why is he never on the debate stage?
When the Bloomberg tape of his 2015 Stop and Frisk Policy hits the Airways, his Black support will disappear. Wonder if the Mainstream Media will Broadcast it?
Or they do not realize it.
So, to answer his question, they might not be voting for Joe, but they're not voting fr him, either.
From 0% to 4%... Oh yeah, that’s impressive...
Once those folks figure out he’s a termite, it’ll be lucky to stay at 2%. It will look like the lady asking for her card back because she didn’t booty juice was a pooftah.
My guess is all those black folks are going to submit write-in votes for Corn Pop.
Bloomberg is about to crash and burn when black voters hear what he has to say about black people:
https://twitter.com/BenjaminPDixon/status/1226973723720396808
Trump has earned their votes.
Bigly.
Enough to win, even with the usual dem vote fraud.
The dems are toast because they have not done anything but harm black families for over 50 years.
I think the Dems response to Trump’s growing popularity with blacks is that their VP running mate will no doubt be black to keep their most important voting constituency in the fold. My guess is Coupe Deval Patrick, who has been selling himself as a “moderate” of late, is really running for Vice President. A Buttigieg-Booker ticket might be all gay all the time campaign fun but unfortunately for Booker. gay is an asset only in white Dem circles not black circles
Where did minority voters go? Home. It will stay like that because the DNC has rigged the votes so only candidates with zero minority support are running. The only way this changes is after the DNC chooses the nominee at the convention, 0zer0 comes out of the wings and tells the minorities how to vote. 0zer0 becomes the plantation master. How ironic.
BLEXIT
A few Candace Owens vids for y’all:
https://www.c-span.org/video/?464962-101/young-black-leadership-summit-candace-owens-remarks
I think the Dems response to Trump’s growing popularity with blacks is that their VP running mate will no doubt be black to keep their most important voting constituency in the fold. My guess is Coupe Deval Patrick, who has been selling himself as a “moderate” of late, was really running for Vice President. A Buttigieg-Booker ticket might be all gay all the time campaign fun, but unfortunately for Booker. gay is an asset only in white Dem circles not black circles. So Patrick may be the default token VP black choice for the Dem ticket
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