Wednesday, July 18, 2012

If black turnout falls, Obama could struggle [Why would anyone of any color vote for him again?]

Newsday ^ | 7/18/13 | SUZANNE GAMBOA

One of the country's oldest civil rights groups says President Barack Obama may have a tougher time winning at least three battleground states in November should black voter turnout fall 5 percentage points or more below the record levels that helped to put him in the White House.

Black turnout of 64.7 percent was a significant factor in 2008, and African-Americans are considered solidly behind Obama. But having achieved the milestone of electing the nation's first black president, those black voters who support him may be less motivated to return in droves again, the National Urban League said in a report yesterday.

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