I don't agree, as far as race goes it is a best a tie,
http://www.theroot.com/articles/pol...ry_clinton_who_s_better_for_black_voters.html
Just one point of view.
Also I said she was a clear liberal and her voting record is proof. Yes sanders is to the left of her. But calling her a republican light is not accurate. She was at the forefront of pushing nationalized healthcare as just one of many issues. She was wrong in the 90s about crime, as were many. That's not a dishonest about face (trade is imo).
She is certainly not using any dog whistle racism against whites to win votes. And being uniformed is not the same as Bernie has not been strong, like many on the hard left, at speaking to the racial aspect. He prefers to focus on class and inequality and his supporters expect blacks to just realize that they would be better off with more socialism.
His poor outreach and inability to make the case that harder left policies are what the black community needs is his fault. Especially when the policy differences are much less stark than what we are talking about on the R side, again where poor write are expected to vote for tax cuts for the top 1% at a time when the 50 year gini coefficient has skyrocketed.
I see your theroot article, and I raise you an npr article
http://www.npr.org/2016/03/01/468185698/understanding-the-clintons-popularity-with-black-voters
BTW, that root article misrepresents Sanders' support of the Crime Bill in pretty much the same way Hillary misrepresented Sanders' position on CFMA. He was very articulate arguing against all but the violence against woman act in any crime bill, because he had the judgement and foresight to see how it would specifically and negatively effect blacks.
Clinton has been wrong about a lot of big, important issues: Crime Bill, Immigration, SSM, Bankruptcy Reform, Iraq, Libya, Syria, NAFTA, TPP...
How many mulligans does one person get? And it is dishonest when she only just recently did that about face re: Crime Bill. Thats what I mean when people look at her 90+% liberal voting record, they take it at face value. If you dig deeper you see a pattern of betrayal of the left.
And what would you call her playing the race card and birther card in '08, if not using dog whistle racism?
Nobody has been as strong as Sanders has been this campaign when talking about racism (except Trump :/ ).
What issues are black voters wanting addressed that Sanders should be addressing?
"You can go down Sanders’s platform issue by issue and ask, “so how is this not a black issue?” How is a $15 minimum wage not a black issue. How is massive public works employment not a black issue. How is free public college higher education not a black issue. The criminal justice stuff and all the rest of it". - Adolph Reed
http://johnhalle.com/outragesandinterludes/?p=741
And if he's not addressing it, then neither is Clinton because she's just copying and pasting his entire platform.
I have a hard time conceding the voting disparity to "Bernie not getting his message across". I see it as a combination of 8+ years of DNC groundwork on behalf of Hillary Clinton + name recognition + uniformed voting. Of course there are other aspects, I'm sure a solid % of black voters like Clinton for the same reason
@Quipling does, and that could explain her winning the demographic, but not by these margins. IMO.
