A black bourgeoisie perspective on U.S. politics
Though, uh, perhaps not in the way the Klan and old Confederate sympathizers had in mind. Aw sooky sooky now! From Ben Smith over at Politico:
The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported recently on disproportionate
early voting among African-Americans. Georgia doesn’t appear to be in
play in the presidential election, but it tracks early votes
contemporaneously (and online), so it may be a useful bellwether for
what’s happening elsewhere.If it is, the news continues to be extremely good for Obama. Early
vote totals have now reached 499,582 — about 75,000 more than were
cast early in all of 2004. (The state is also newly encouraging early
voting this year, so that’s a major factor.)And the ratio of African-American voters remains extremely high: 37%
of the early votes were cast by black voters, who make up just 29% of
the state’s electorate.
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