“Joe won because he has name recognition and older Black people know who the fuck he is and what to expect from him.”

you have outlined why she was a bad candidate.

I think it’s interesting that the people voting for biden are likely the exact same that voted for hillary.

I blame Hillary because she treated Trump the way that most of his did, like he didn’t have a chance in hell in winning. That’s fine for us, but if you’re running against him, that’s a different story. She just knew she was going to win, thought she had it in the bag, so she could skip some states because, hey, she…

From what I’ve seen (and I’m still looking into it), Bernie surrogates can blame anemic youth turnout for losing to Biden (in the states in which he did) on Super Tuesday.

This is true.  If only they had it as easy as older black folks, then young folks would turn out in droves.

Is it though? I mean the reason Obama and Trump won is because some people voted for both of them. Those types don’t catch me as middle of the road types. I’d be willing to bet that they voted for Obama and Trump 1st time around because they were against the grain and the 2nd time around - for Obama at least - because…

“because the demographics favored candidates who were seen as more familiar and more unthreatening”

This got very little publicity: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/02/29/step-away-fascism-and-toward-brighter-more-just-future-100-black-writers-and

Old white chick who lives here in Houston too. When I went to vote today, the old dude at the front door told me where the GOP room was but not the Dem room. I had to ask him, and he looked at me like I was crazy.

It seems to me that the folks in the middle are more motivated by fear of 4 more years than they are about actually making things better. They have convinced themselves, or been convinced by the oligarchy, that Sanders simply can’t win, all evidence to the contrary be damned.  I can understand where they are coming…

My mom regards AOC as some rebellious, mouthy teenager who “needs a spanking for all that back talk she’s made on Pelosi,” and I’m like she’s an adult woman, representing her convictions and constituents. She’s no different than the men who serve in Congress. My mom’s opinion is similar to her parenting style:…

Is this the same generation of blacks that was down for the War on Drugs? Elected Bill Clinton because he could play the saxophone? Thinking like a man? Still ain’t down with that gay shit? Keeping Tyler Perry on top?

Also, 99% of all political commentary as well.

Well, here’s your chance.

I get that soft-brained Biden is the DNC chosen one, and all other party loyalists must now bow out in deference, but I don’t get the power of the SC primary whatsoever.

My grandmother was worried I would turn out to be gay because, like, my mom let me wear a beret or something when I was 4. My dad was convinced Trump couldn’t win, no matter how hard I tried to explain it to him, and has been surprised that some of his white friends turned out to be shitty ass Trumpsters. A bunch of…

I think when anyone wants to deify a group of people, it just shows that they actually don’t have much exposure to them. The more you’re around people of all types the more you see them as just... people.

There seems to be an idea that older voters in general hold that the candidate who appears to be in the exact middle of all the candidates on both sides is by default the best candidate. I have had any number of older relatives and acquaintances happily identify Biden as that candidate to me. “He’s right in the…