Showing posts with label Hillary Clinton’s Support Among Blacks Plunges In A New Poll. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hillary Clinton’s Support Among Blacks Plunges In A New Poll. Show all posts

Friday, October 2, 2015


By Philip Bump, Oct 01, 2015 Washington Post

Over the course of the still-awfully young Democratic primary season, one demographic split has been repeated over and over again: Non-whites have consistently been more supportive of Hillary Clinton than whites.

That's one reason that Bernie Sanders's strength in Iowa and New Hampshire isn't as worrisome as it might otherwise be for Clinton backers; in states with less-heavily white populations -- a.k.a. most of the rest of the country -- Clinton should conceivably do better.

A new poll from Suffolk University and USA Today, though, suggests a big shift among African Americans that could undermine that confidence. We have to note up front that this is one poll, with large margins of error on black responses. That said, the shift is surprising.

 
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