Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The book discusses the liberal left in the United States and how it has treated African Americans from the 1970s to the presidency of Barack Obama.Coulter states in the book that, in order to obtain the votes of African Americans, the Democratic Party has continually played the "race card" and accused the Republican Party of racism when it is not deserved.
Barack Obama attracted well over 90% of the African-American vote during his presidential campaigns in 2008 and 2012, effectively garnering 13% of the electorate based on a sole demographic. Reasons given for the support were the opportunity for an African-American president.
African-American support was considered crucial to the Proposition's passage because African Americans made up an unusually large percentage of voters in 2008; the presence of African-American presidential candidate Barack Obama on the ballot was believed to have increased African-American voter turnout. [11]
Others have argued that it may have existed in past elections but not in more recent ones, such as when the African-American Barack Obama was elected President of the United States in 2008 and 2012, both times against white opponents. [12] Others believe that it is a persistent phenomenon. [13]
In June 2008, Washington Post commentator Robert Novak blamed the policies of President George W. Bush for Republican defections to the Obama camp and suggested that Republicans Colin Powell and Chuck Hagel might soon declare their support for Obama. [11] In July 2008, African-American libertarian-conservative columnist Thomas Sowell criticized ...
CHICAGO — Former President Obama warned about the close race between Vice President Harris and former President Trump in November, while bashing his successor as dangerous, chaotic and ...
In January 2009, Barack Obama became the first Black president of the United States. We rate this claim as FALSE, based on our research. Our fact-check sources:
The majority of African Americans have been Democrats since 1936, and they continue to be seen as a reliable voting bloc for the Democratic Party, with as many as 82% of African Americans identifying as Democrats in 2000. Black political candidates are generally perceived as more liberal than white candidates. [179]