8 minutes agoBarack Obama turns to politics
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(9 years ago)President Barack Obama will be present in the election campaign on Thursday for the first time since leaving the presidency office, trying to muster black candidates for government in Virginia and New Jersey amid warnings that they cannot gain power. Obama's performances on behalf of governor [...]
Obama's performances on behalf of the governor of Virginia State, Ralph Northam, Richmond and funder Philip Murphy in Newark two white candidates in the predominantly black cities come as the Democrats try to inspire Africans to vote this year, reports the “The Independent”, Periscope broadcast.
In Alabama, where voters go to the polls on December 12th, Doug Jones, a former prosecutor, is running a formidable competitive race for the Senate against Social conservative Roy Moore.
In 2017, antipathy for President Donald Trump may be a new motivation, but Trump is not configure on the ballot.
Phillip Thompson, president of NAACCP in Virginia's Luddoun County said he was concerned that black voters were simply not engaged.
Another drop in 2018 would jeopardise the party's efforts to capture the White House, hold its own Senate, and win top governors.
“If the party doesn't change what they are doing, we won't get the White House back, we'll lose seats in the Senate and people will come back and say, "What happened?" (”, warned representative Cedric Richmond (Democrat from Louisiana)./Periscopi/
