John McCain meets voters in Selma, Ala. Can he win the support of black voters?
Why can't Republicans attract black voters?
Seeking support in rural Alabama, Republican presidential candidate John McCain this week said he knows it will be difficult to win over black voters who have supported Democrats for generations. "I am aware the African-American vote has been very small in favor of the Republican Party," McCain told reporters. "I am aware of the challenges, and I am aware of the fact that there will be many people who will not vote for me, but I'm going to be the president of all the people."
McCain may have a tougher time this year because his opponent may well be Barack Obama, who would be the first-ever African-American nominee of a major political party. But Republicans have long had a tough time attracting the support of black voters -- in part because the GOP is believed to have long used the "Southern Strategy" of appealing to white voters angry over the results of the Civil Rights movement. But modern Republican leaders have repudiated that approach, which in recent years appeared to be costing the party votes among moderate white voters. And many GOP leaders believe that black voters, who tend to be socially conservative in many respects, would be a natural fit with their party.
So why can't Republicans attract black voters? And what can they do about it?
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Submitted on April 23rd, 2008 by John 2000makes me view 'them' as the slaves that the republican Abraham Lincoln thought he had emancipated - that the republican party greatly assisted past the civil rights issues of the 60's.
Democrats see them as the 'yes, massa' slam dunk block that can can be counted on no matter what. Wave a far left black candidate in their face is like 'whoa cha-ching!. The numbers are actually appalling. If it was 70-30, it would be less glaring in this current Obama/Clinton expose; that is, while still overwhelming, it would demonstrate some positive sign.
I believe the facts generate more backlash than the issues, another reason that Obama cannot win in November -- almost total subservience to skin color.
Far left banked on the black vote and they got it.