Black votes matter up North too, giving Clinton an edge over Sanders in Michigan and beyond

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Hillary Clinton meets with African American ministers in Detroit three days before Michigan’s Democratic primary. (Scott Olson / Getty Images)

African American voters steadied Hillary Clinton's campaign in the South and now are poised to propel her forward in a corridor of Northern industrial states where voting kicks off with Tuesday's Michigan primary.

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Clinton enjoys overwhelming support among black residents across Michigan, the result of more than a generation of cultivation for her husband's political career and her own — and, not the least, her decision to join Obama's team after losing the Democratic nomination to him in 2008.

"She's real; there's nothing fake about her, just like Bill Clinton," said Mary Nelson, an African American woman from Detroit who watched the candidate speak Friday at a manufacturing plant.

Of African American voters, Nelson said, "we're looking for the real."

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In all of those states, Bernie Sanders' appeals have largely failed among black voters, despite his efforts to broaden his speeches beyond castigations of Wall Street and calls for free college and universal healthcare. His occasional criticism of Obama, on trade and healthcare, and his outspoken desire to move the party to the left of the president probably haven't helped.

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Afterward, she journeyed to Kuzzo's Chicken & Waffles in a historic black section of Detroit, where a portrait of Obama hung.

On Saturday, she met with 21 black ministers in Detroit, to whom she reiterated her alliance with Obama and promised to help threatened communities.

MUch MOre~http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/la-na-black-voters-analysis-20160306-story.html



Theresa Burroughs, 80, stands by a photograph of her as a young woman getting arrested for trying to register to vote. The right is sacred to her today. "Every time there's a vote, I go," she said.

http://www.npr.org/2016/02/26/468260087/in-alabamas-rural-black-belt-an-uphill-climb-for-bernie-sanders

MOre~ http://theobamadiary.com/2016/03/07/chat-on-165/

[font color=blue]Hillary's Group~Mahalo

[Iliyah]

1. Comes to mind "our Blacks are better than your Blacks"

[George II]

3. Don't you mean "smarter", as in Minnesota vs. Georgia/Alabama/Arkansas/Texas?

[Cha]

4. I'm really grateful for the African American Voters for all they do for our Democracy, Iliyah.

Thank you~

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

14. Please

Ann Coulter makes me ill.

[George II]

2. Three cheers for Mrs. Burroughs. "Every time there's a vote, I go." Based on that thought....

....no wonder she's voting for Hillary Clinton. Bernie Sanders has said more than once that he never voted until he was 41 years old.

I first voted when I reached 21 years old and except when unexpectedly called out of town a few times, have voted every year since.

It's a right, AND a privilege.

[Cha]

6. And, the Civil Rights Leaders fought so hard to make it happen. They're not about

to disregard their history. They appreciate those who came before like John Lewis and Martin Luther King.

Teresa Burroughs voted for Hillary because she earned it... she's been there for them and understands what needs to be done.

We are so fortunate to have them with us fighting for our Democracy.

Thank you, George II~

[DemonGoddess]

11. This part right here:

It's a right, AND a privilege.

I've been voting since I turned 18. I have voted in every election in the area in which I lived, whether it was for national races, or local.

[Thinkingabout]

5. Yes, voting is precious to me, it is my time to elect those whom

I feel is the best to help this nation. Women are coming up on the 100 year celebration of voting.

[Cha]

8. Voting is where the change comes in our country, Thinking.. So many got out and

voted for President Obama in 2008 and 2012 and look @ all this change we got.

We needed hope after 8 years of bush and voting got it for us.

[sheshe2]

7. KnR

[Cha]

9. Mahalo, she~

Love your new sig line.

[UtahLib]

10. K&R

[Tarheel_Dem]

12. I'm with Ms. Burroughs. Oh, btw, does Kuzzo's Chicken & Waffles count as "not church"?

[SharonClark]

13. K&R