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The RootWill Democrats ever actually listen to black people in terms of strategy and vote targeting? Can a political party toss over $1 billion into the trash two election cycles in a row? Does it really take a genius to figure out that if a group votes for you 90 percent of the time, you should do what it takes to make sure that group is at the polling place on Election Day? […]
The hard fact is that the Democratic Party has no history of taking the strategic advice of African-American elected officials, leaders or consultants and applying substantial financial backing to black voter outreach. Will new Democratic National Committee Deputy Chair Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) be listened to? Who knows.
If past is prologue, everyone knows what happens next: Senior black officials asking the party for field help will be ignored, and instead, Democrats will stage a few visits to black churches two Sundays before Election Day, followed by that crash panic of activity days before Election Day.