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In reply to the discussion: When minority voters don't flock to a candidate, we're told we just don't know enough about them and [View all]Lee-Lee
(6,324 posts)That is they take for granted that they have their votes and support so will throw some lip service at what matters to them, but won't put any real effort into doing anything substantive for them.
Not everyone in the party, of course, but these days it seems more common than not.
The only real thing they offer is "we are not the other side, look how bad they are" instead of offering up anything that the groups they are trying to appeal really want or need past talking about it.
Because they assume that their votes are a given.
And that assumption is only so true. Sure they may never cast a ballot for the other side, but if they see voting for you has not delivered anything they may not be bothered to go down and cast a ballot for you either.
I don't know what it will take to change this. Condescending attitudes that are almost colonial in attitude telling minorities they just don't understand the facts of the candidates enough and need white folks to guide them (because that is the unspoken part of that attitude) are certainly not going to help at all.