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unc70

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5. Many AA voters are religious conservatives

Reply to kwassa (Original post)

Sat Jul 21, 2018, 08:30 PM

Jul 2018

In N.C., we see this in action all the time. For religious reasons, significant portions of AA voters oppose progressive positions on abortion and on gender equality.

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Democratic progressives, and black Democrats. The problem. [View all] kwassa Jul 2018 OP

It probably doesn't help RandySF Jul 2018 #1

Statistics: Sophia4 Jul 2018 #2

What candidates/ or candidate are you referring to? sheshe2 Jul 2018 #4

Everyone must be treated fairly regardless of race. Sophia4 Jul 2018 #8

Not sure sheshe2 Jul 2018 #9

Appearance Eko Jul 2018 #10

That is the challenge. Sophia4 Jul 2018 #11

Blaming one's own lack of ability to make one's point on others is ehrnst Jul 2018 #23

It then begs the question: LanternWaste Jul 2018 #14

Anyone. Could be any race. Sophia4 Jul 2018 #16

Except JustAnotherGen Jul 2018 #19

I walk and table a lot, and this year will be no different. Sophia4 Jul 2018 #21

FWIW, The Intercept has further explanation of this issue. . . DinahMoeHum Jul 2018 #3

Many AA voters are religious conservatives unc70 Jul 2018 #5

There has been a lot of change over time ... kwassa Jul 2018 #7

Been a problem here during last two years unc70 Jul 2018 #12

In my experiiences with Democratic progressives and moderates, RDANGELO Jul 2018 #6

Why does there always have to be a problem ? kacekwl Jul 2018 #13

Closing your eyes and ignoring rarely makes problems go away. LanternWaste Jul 2018 #15

Discussions about anything except winning in 2018 kacekwl Jul 2018 #18

I'm with you on this JustAnotherGen Jul 2018 #22

I think it's possible to overthink this Recursion Jul 2018 #17

Well written JustAnotherGen Jul 2018 #20