Nervous that a weak mid-term election turnout could lead to a total Republican takeover of Congress, Democrats and progressives are focusing on get-out-the-vote efforts this fall. There’s plenty of cause for concern. Voter turnout, in general, is lower for mid-terms than it is in presidential election years, but the trend is even more pronounced […]
Republican Senator Rand Paul has reached out to African Americans on a number of issues in an attempt to attract them to the Republican party. Last week, Sen. Paul addressed the National Urban League and has recently teamed up with Sen. Cory Booker on sentencing reform. Roland Martin talked with Ray Baker, Lauren Victoria Burke and […]
Rep. Yvette Clarke joined Roland Martin Thursday on “NewsOne Now” to discuss Democrats wanting support from black voters and not awarding consulting contracts to black businesses. Be sure to listen to “NewsOne Now” with Roland Martin, weekdays at 7 a.m. EST and watch at 9 a.m. EST on TV One.
Roland Martin talks with Ohio State Representative Alicia Reece (D-Cincinnati) about the importance of voting in local elections and how strong personalities impact voter turnout.
It’s that time of the year again! We’re officially entering the brief period in which Republicans put on the facade that they don’t want to just be the party of heartless ultra-rich corporatists and White comically conservative minions. Kicking it off this year is half-a*s historian Newt Gingrich, who recently announced that he’s spoken with Rep. […]
*Vote in poll below* An article in the New York Times written by White House correspondent Helene Thomas talks about the strong support President Obama still has in the Black community. With Black unemployment at 16 percent and even the voting rights of African Americans being attacked across the country, numerous columnists have voiced that […]
On CNN’s “The Situation Room,” Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain claimed that African American voters have been brainwashed into not being open minded about voting for the GOP. Limbaugh Says Herman Cain Would Be First Black President Due To Slavery Shocker! Herman Cain Upsets Frontrunners, Wins Florida Straw Poll Despite these claims, Cain says one […]
ATLANTA (AP) – On the Sunday before Election Day, preachers told black churchgoers across America to get out and vote — and defy predictions that they’ll be complacent or uninterested in a year that President Barack Obama isn’t on the ballot. Tying the vote to nostalgia and obligation, black pastors invoked the civil rights movement […]
African-American support for the Democratic Party hovers around 90 percent. This qualifies as monolithic, even though black Americans are increasingly diverse — economically, socially, culturally and geographically. There are millions of affluent black suburban households who fit the demographic profile of independents or Republicans. There has been an unprecedented influx of black immigrants from Africa […]
From SunTimes.com: Why should an African-American vote Republican? “You really don’t have a reason to, to be honest — we haven’t done a very good job of really giving you one. True? True,” Republican National Chairman Michael Steele told 200 DePaul University students Tuesday night.
Most young people and college students have yawned their way through the less than inspiring battle in Washington over health care.
