African American

Black women in particular are the 'base' of the Democratic Party. We are also the 'new working class'.

It's not anything new - but if you were to look at CWA 15 years ago - and now - marked difference. Add in the service industry unions and . . .

Anyway - the thing I would tell you (and maybe you are already) is that if you are THAT concerned about African American voters -

Make sure you reach out to the precinct captions and help GOTV.

The GOP got 70K votes thrown out in 2016 in key states - now it is going to be key districts.

Rather than hand wring and make suggestions - LIVE your suggestions.

ETA - as you wrote:

African-American out to vote, but to also appeal to the swing voters who vote and determine who wins and loses elections based on economic issues.

If African-Americans could be relied upon to vote in all elections, then their concerns would receive more attention. But politicians have to think about the concerns and interests of those willing to vote.

Hillary won the popular vote even though a lot African-Americans did not vote in 2016. But in certain key states, maybe she would have won and would now be president if more African-Americans had voted.

African-Americans are not a large part of the population. They can, however, influence the outcome of elections beyond their numbers if they vote as they did in 2008 and 2012.

If someone has been a sure thing - and treated like that (ie taken for granted) and then your message leaves them out - (Ms. Nixon) they aren't going to show up for you. AND the so-called 'far left' (I'm not sure I believe that exists because our tent is HUGE) needs to make some clear determinations -

Do they want purity or do they want a middle ground . . . with their fellow Democratics? They have to understand that Coates article has been discussed at Sunday dinner for a good solid year, year and a half now.

It's 'cemented' in the mind of black voters. They've got an FDR problem that needs to addressed.