Post by Logan on Mar 18, 2016 21:02:52 GMT -6
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- This month has brought a new challenge for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign: Black voters in Rust Belt states aren't as solidly behind her as they've been in the South.
It led to the Democratic front-runner's surprise loss in Michigan, where about a third of black voters supported Bernie Sanders, and it nearly cost her Missouri, where African-Americans voted more like their counterparts across the Midwest than in the South. Now it could foreshadow vulnerability for Clinton in Wisconsin, the next Northern battleground primary.
What's behind the trend? Exit polls conducted for The Associated Press and television networks by Edison Research reveal a possible answer:
Black voters up North have appeared more likely than black voters down South to say race relations in the U.S. have recently gotten worse. And while large majorities of African-Americans in both regions trust Clinton to handle the issue, those in the Midwest have been much more likely to say they trust Sanders.
Read more: hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DEM_2016_BLACK_VOTERS_NORTH_VS_SOUTH_WIOL-?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-03-18-18-14-26
It led to the Democratic front-runner's surprise loss in Michigan, where about a third of black voters supported Bernie Sanders, and it nearly cost her Missouri, where African-Americans voted more like their counterparts across the Midwest than in the South. Now it could foreshadow vulnerability for Clinton in Wisconsin, the next Northern battleground primary.
What's behind the trend? Exit polls conducted for The Associated Press and television networks by Edison Research reveal a possible answer:
Black voters up North have appeared more likely than black voters down South to say race relations in the U.S. have recently gotten worse. And while large majorities of African-Americans in both regions trust Clinton to handle the issue, those in the Midwest have been much more likely to say they trust Sanders.
Read more: hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DEM_2016_BLACK_VOTERS_NORTH_VS_SOUTH_WIOL-?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-03-18-18-14-26