Democratic hopefuls find an energized, changed African American community.
A packed banquet room listens to presidential candidate Sen. Kamala D. Harris during the Black Enterprise Women of Power Summit in Las Vegas on Friday. By Matt Viser and Matt Viser National political reporter Email Bio Follow Cleve R. Wootson Jr. Cleve R. Wootson Jr. General assignment reporter covering national and breaking news Email Bio Follow March 2 at 3:47 PM SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. — Sen.
African Americans have long been a pillar of Democratic support, powering candidates from John F. Kennedy to Barack Obama. But in 2016, Sanders struggled to connect with black voters, and Clinton failed to inspire high African American turnout in the general election. Candidates face the challenge of appealing to younger voters who have flocked to South Carolina’s urban areas — and who lean on their own research more than the pronouncements of black leaders.
With the race in its early stages, the campaign staffs generally do not yet have liaisons to the black community, and their strategies are still embryonic. Still, the small staffs for Booker and Harris in South Carolina are run by black organizers, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren has employed black staffers in key positions, including her Senate chief of staff, her national policy director and her national organizing director.
Harris’s campaign has made a point of addressing people of color in each of the four early primary states except New Hampshire. She addressed the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority at its Pink Ice Gala in South Carolina, and spoke to the Iowa Democratic Party Black Caucus in Des Moines, as well as her appearance Friday in Nevada.
Still, Harris, who has attracted crowds and donations in the early going, has ways of signaling her sensitivity to racial issues. “I would not be here today, running for president of the United States, if it was not for this chain reaction of love,” Booker said in South Carolina. Yet his audience of 70 during an event this past week in South Carolina had no black people in the audience outside the press.
Claradith Landry listens to Sen. Kamala D. Harris during the Black Enterprise Women of Power Summit in Las Vegas on Friday. Other candidates are seeking to connect in different ways. Former congressman Beto O’Rourke, a Democrat from Texas who is expected to enter the presidential race shortly, had a viral moment in his recent Senate campaign during which he defended NFL players who knelt during the national anthem to protest racism and police brutality.
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