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Black turnout could decide election

Black turnout could decide election

· Saturday, October 4th 2008 at 10:30AM · 1367 views
Four years ago, nearly 500,000 registered black voters stayed home, a significant figure considering that President George W. Bush beat John Kerry by 381,000 votes. There were 1.2-million black voters overall in Florida.

What's more, hundreds of thousands of African-Americans were not registered to vote, even though they were eligible. Today, that number stands at 600,000. Read more...
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Celeste Bateman Sunday, October 5th 2008 at 3:20PM

Thanks for the acknowledgement that the black vote may indeed matter in Election 2008!

Marta Fernandez Monday, October 6th 2008 at 6:34PM

Thank you for posting that info for Fla. residents!! I volunteer for Obama..

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Bernardo Twyne Saturday, October 11th 2008 at 11:41AM

When we learn to unite and stand together there is nothing that we will not be able to accomplish. The fight isn't over we still have along way to go.

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