Fogdog
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You tell me.Which regions? I seem to remember him allowing BLM to take the stage. I also remember him speaking with Killer Mike and campaigning in more urban districts. He did very well amongst younger minority voters. The fact is that Hillary just relied on name recognition alone. I don't think that she will do so well if she runs in 2020 against Bernie again. Either way she was a horrible candidate and lost to Trump.
He hardly showed up in the South where his campaign was beaten so badly that he never had a chance afterward. He did show in Flint Michigan where he stepped all over his credibility as somebody who understood racial justice issues. As a Bernie voter that primary, I found his statements embarrassing.
As far as the young black vote, I think we read the same article that made him out to do well with them. But I looked at the numbers they posted and thought "not". In that article, they played up the fact that Bernie polled about 25% of the overall black vote compared to 35% of the young black vote as something of a win for Bernie. Dude, 35% of any group is not something to brag about unless you are looking for something, anything good to say no matter how bad it is. He did miserably with the black vote regardless of age.
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