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  • WHERE ABOUT 60% OF DEMOCRATIC VOTERS ARE BLACK.

  • VOTERS ARE BLACK. >> Reporter: IN CHARLESTON SOUTH

  • >> Reporter: IN CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA, I MET WITH MEMBERS OF

  • CAROLINA, I MET WITH MEMBERS OF A GROUP WHO MEET UP OFTEN TO

  • A GROUP WHO MEET UP OFTEN TO TALK ABOUT FAMILY, FAITH AND

  • TALK ABOUT FAMILY, FAITH AND POLITICS.

  • POLITICS. NEARLY ALL ARE BLACK.

  • NEARLY ALL ARE BLACK. COLLEGE EDUCATED, AND IN THEIR

  • COLLEGE EDUCATED, AND IN THEIR EARLY TO MID-30s.

  • EARLY TO MID-30s. THERE ARE ABOUT THIRD OF THEM IN

  • THERE ARE ABOUT THIRD OF THEM IN ALL, A SEEMINGLY HOMOJ NEWS

  • ALL, A SEEMINGLY HOMOJ NEWS GROUP.

  • GROUP. BUT THESE MEN AND WOMEN AREN’T

  • BUT THESE MEN AND WOMEN AREN’T NECESSARILY ON THE SAME PAGE

  • NECESSARILY ON THE SAME PAGE WHEN IT COMES TO THE DEMOCRATIC

  • WHEN IT COMES TO THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY.

  • PRIMARY. >> THERE’S AN IDEA THAT BLACK

  • >> THERE’S AN IDEA THAT BLACK VOTERS IN THE BLACK VOTERS LIKE

  • VOTERS IN THE BLACK VOTERS LIKE A MILE, ONE BIG BLOCK AND IT’S

  • A MILE, ONE BIG BLOCK AND IT’S BIDEN.

  • BIDEN. THAT’S NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE

  • THAT’S NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE WITHIN YOUR FRIEND GROUP?

  • WITHIN YOUR FRIEND GROUP? >> I WOULDN’T SAY SO.

  • >> I WOULDN’T SAY SO. NOT AT ALL.

  • NOT AT ALL. MATTER OF FACT I THINK I

  • MATTER OF FACT I THINK I PROBABLY HEAR HIS NAME LESS THAN

  • PROBABLY HEAR HIS NAME LESS THAN A LOT OF THE OTHERS.

  • A LOT OF THE OTHERS. >> WHICH OTHER NAMES DO YOU

  • >> WHICH OTHER NAMES DO YOU HEAR?

  • HEAR? >> PREVIOUSLY IT WAS HARRIS,

  • >> PREVIOUSLY IT WAS HARRIS, KAMALA, YOU HEAR YANG A LOT.

  • KAMALA, YOU HEAR YANG A LOT. >> YEP.

  • >> YEP. >> CAN’T PRONOUNCE IT, IS IT

  • >> CAN’T PRONOUNCE IT, IS IT BUTTIGIEG.

  • BUTTIGIEG. >> BUTTIGIEG.

  • >> BUTTIGIEG. >> BUTTIGIEG.

  • >> BUTTIGIEG. YOU HEAR HIS NAME EVERY NOW AND

  • YOU HEAR HIS NAME EVERY NOW AND AGAIN.

  • AGAIN. AND THEN BERNIE.

  • AND THEN BERNIE. >> THIS IS 2020.

  • >> THIS IS 2020. WHERE ARE WE HEADED?

  • WHERE ARE WE HEADED? IT’S NOT THE SAME WORLD.

  • IT’S NOT THE SAME WORLD. GLOBALIZATION, PENDING WAR,

  • GLOBALIZATION, PENDING WAR, IMPEACHMENT, THOSE ARE THINGS WE

  • IMPEACHMENT, THOSE ARE THINGS WE HAVE TO TAKING INTO

  • HAVE TO TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION.

  • CONSIDERATION. I’M NOT SURE THAT A BERNIE

  • I’M NOT SURE THAT A BERNIE SANDERS, WHO IS AS OLD AS MY MOM

  • SANDERS, WHO IS AS OLD AS MY MOM OR ELIZABETH WARREN OR A JOE

  • OR ELIZABETH WARREN OR A JOE BIDEN ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE

  • BIDEN ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE ME INTO THE NEXT

  • GOING TO TAKE ME INTO THE NEXT COUNTRY THAT I WANT TO LIVE IN.

  • COUNTRY THAT I WANT TO LIVE IN. >> WHAT ISSUES ARE IMPORTANT FOR

  • >> WHAT ISSUES ARE IMPORTANT FOR YOU AND WHAT DO YOU HOPE YOUR

  • YOU AND WHAT DO YOU HOPE YOUR CANDIDATE’S CHOICE WILL SPEAK

  • CANDIDATE’S CHOICE WILL SPEAK ON?

  • ON? >> THE ISSUES THAT ARE REALLY

  • >> THE ISSUES THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME ONE ARE WOMEN’S

  • IMPORTANT TO ME ONE ARE WOMEN’S ISSUES AND MENTAL HEALTH.

  • ISSUES AND MENTAL HEALTH. PARTICULARLY MENTAL HEALTH

  • PARTICULARLY MENTAL HEALTH BECAUSE THAT’S THE FIELD THAT

  • BECAUSE THAT’S THE FIELD THAT I’M IN.

  • I’M IN. >> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT STUDENT

  • >> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT STUDENT LOANS, HEALTH CARE, I WANT TO

  • LOANS, HEALTH CARE, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE

  • TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THAT THERE WILL

  • ENVIRONMENT AND THAT THERE WILL BE A WORLD HERE WHEN MY DAUGHTER

  • BE A WORLD HERE WHEN MY DAUGHTER GROWS UP.

  • GROWS UP. >> ALL OF THE TOP-TIER

  • >> ALL OF THE TOP-TIER CANDIDATES ARE TRYING TO SWAY

  • CANDIDATES ARE TRYING TO SWAY VOTERS LIKE THESE FOLKS,

  • VOTERS LIKE THESE FOLKS, VISITING HISTORICALLY BLACK

  • VISITING HISTORICALLY BLACK CHALLENGES AND UNIVERSITIES,

  • CHALLENGES AND UNIVERSITIES, JOINING FOR SUNDAY CHURCH

  • JOINING FOR SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICES, AND SPENDING MILLIONS

  • SERVICES, AND SPENDING MILLIONS FOR ADS ON BLACK RADIO.

  • FOR ADS ON BLACK RADIO. >> WHY DO YOU THINK WERE STUCK

  • >> WHY DO YOU THINK WERE STUCK ON THE IDEA THAT THERE IS JUST A

  • ON THE IDEA THAT THERE IS JUST A BLACK VOTE?

  • BLACK VOTE? WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT OTHER

  • WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT OTHER GROUPS, THERE’S THE MIDWEST

  • GROUPS, THERE’S THE MIDWEST ERCH, SINGLE MOTHER VOTE, BUT

  • ERCH, SINGLE MOTHER VOTE, BUT YOU ALWAYS HEAR IT’S JUST A

  • YOU ALWAYS HEAR IT’S JUST A BLACK VOTE.

  • BLACK VOTE. WHY IS THAT?

  • WHY IS THAT? >> BECAUSE WE HAVEN’T HAD THE

  • >> BECAUSE WE HAVEN’T HAD THE PRIVILEGE OR LUXURY, IF YOU

  • PRIVILEGE OR LUXURY, IF YOU WILL, OF BEING ABLE TO BE AS

  • WILL, OF BEING ABLE TO BE AS SEGMENTED.

  • SEGMENTED. WE ALMOST HAVE ALWAYS HAD TO

  • WE ALMOST HAVE ALWAYS HAD TO COLLECTIVELY PUT TOGETHER OUR

  • COLLECTIVELY PUT TOGETHER OUR VOTE TO MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE.

  • VOTE TO MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE DON’T LOOK AT

  • >> A LOT OF PEOPLE DON’T LOOK AT AFRICAN-AMERICANS AS PEOPLE WHO

  • AFRICAN-AMERICANS AS PEOPLE WHO ARE POLITICALLY ASTUT.

  • ARE POLITICALLY ASTUT. I DON’T THINK THEY REALIZE HOW

  • I DON’T THINK THEY REALIZE HOW POLITICALLY INVOLVED

  • POLITICALLY INVOLVED AFRICAN-AMERICANS ARE, HOW

  • AFRICAN-AMERICANS ARE, HOW INTERESTED WE ARE.

  • INTERESTED WE ARE. WERE GETTING MORE AND MORE,

  • WERE GETTING MORE AND MORE, YOUNGER PEOPLE ARE COMING UP.

WHERE ABOUT 60% OF DEMOCRATIC VOTERS ARE BLACK.

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