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...support and Obama won South Carolina with 78% of the black vote - although he did much better with the white vote, winning about a quarter of it, than some polls had predicted. Obama even addressed the issue head-on in his South Carolina victory speech, saying, "The assumption that African-Americans can't support the white candidate, whites can't support the African-American candidate, blacks and Latinos can't come together - but we are here tonight to say that this is not the America we believe...
...vote after edging past State Senator Jenny Oropeza, a Latina, in the primary. Political observers watched the race closely as an indicator of the growing power of the Latino vote in California. Though both Richardson and Oropeza disavowed racial overtones in the primary, most of Richardson's endorsers were African-American and Oropeza's were Latino. "Yes, race does exist, but more than that people are concerned about the issues," Richardson said. "We have double the nation's unemployment rate; people care about whether they have...
...Latinas in the 37th district. "Most of our outreach is directed to women," said Michael Trujillo, Clinton's California field director. "We made the targeted decision long time ago to focus our resources on where we can have the biggest effect and for us that's women - Latino, African-American, white, Asian. There should not be a woman in this state that we do not reach...
Harlem will serve as a critical litmus test in Tuesday's primaries. Both candidates boast an appeal in the neighborhood that extends well beyond their political gifts. Obama is the first African-American candidate to become a frontrunner for the nomination this late in a national campaign, an achievement that clearly resonates among residents of this community, long a nerve center for black intellectual and cultural life. Volunteers say that win or lose, his candidacy has been a game-changer. "We're going to have a newfound respect for formidable politicians of color," says Yvonne Durant, 55, who has been...
There remains substantial hesitation among older African-American voters. "People with high crossover appeal like Obama are viewed with great skepticism [by black voters], because people aren't sure whether a candidate like that would come through for them," says Andra Gillespie, an assistant professor of political science at Emory University. "If Obama were President of the U.S. and had to deal with a Jena 6 or Hurricane Katrina, people wouldn't be sure whether he could identify the 800-pound gorilla in the room. It's not a valid critique, but maybe they think he hasn't been...