posted on February 19, 2003 02:37:31 AM newAs evidence of her assertion that the Democrats were beginning to lose a small piece of the black vote, Miss Brazile pointed to polling by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a group focusing on issues of interest to black Americans.
A survey by the Joint Center last fall concluded, among other things, that "there has been a noteworthy change in black partisan identification (away from the Democrats)" since the 2000 election.
"In 2002, 63 percent of African-Americans were self-identified Democrats (down from 74 percent in 2000), 24 percent were self-identified Independents (up from 20 percent in 2000), and 10 percent were self-identified Republicans (up from 4 percent in 2000)," the Joint Center report said.
posted on February 19, 2003 04:37:33 AM new
It seems to always come down to "race", doesn't it? Personally, I could care less what the "race" of a candidate is. I vote for what I think, pray, and hope they'll do once in office. The African-Americans want African-Americans in office and the Hispanics want Hispanics in office. I really don't see anything unusual about that. It would be nice if we had more racially diverse candidates to choose from. A candidate should not have to make promises to one particular race of people; we should be beyond that by now. Bush, it seems, will promise everything to the black population or the Hispanic population, but what of the Asian, Caucasion, Arabic, or European populations? You shouldn't have to win votes by singling out a specific population of people and making them promises.
Mr. Bush this year was seeking a significant increase in funding for historically black colleges and universities. He also proposed a $15 billion initiative to combat AIDS in Africa and the Caribbean nations, a faith-based proposal to provide social services for the poor and a mentoring program for children of prisoners.
And just where is this money coming from? What about funing to combat AIDS in this country or providing better social services for the poor in this country?
