Question for American Black Voters...?

Question

An overwhelming majority of you vote Democrat, claiming that this party "helps" black people. I would like to know specifically how? I asked this similar question on a previous thread and did not get a good answer. Some of the answers included, "Democrats favor welfare, affirmative action, raising the minimum wage..." Do you as black citizens feel stereotyped by these statements? Like they think you can't get jobs so you need a program to "give" you a job (affirmative action)? Or they think that because you are black you are on welfare? Or if you have a job you are only making minuimum wage?

I find all of this incredibly insulting to the black population and wonder why more of you aren't speaking out against and voting against some of the elected officials who are promising you all of this stuff to get your votes?

I also want to ask, what do rich, white, elitist politicians like Hillary Clinton, Barbara Boxer, Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry, Howard Dean and Al Gore have to offer you?

Answer 1

It is aggrivating. But I vote my own consious. Not "other Blacks brainwashed by the media". It's sad people let othrs control them like puppets. No matter the race! The Democrats are using Illegal/legal Hispanic voters the same way. Will it ever stop?? God, I hope so sooner!!

Answer 2

Very good question. One thing I can say is that they promised a raise in minimum wage, and by golly, it looks like they will deliver.

I am not black, but if I was, I would tell Pelosi and her ilk to stuff the minimum wage up their a-sses. It won't help the innercity folks, or the rural lousiana folks. They have the minorities bamboozeled into thinking that it will help. They don't consider that the companies that employ minimum wage workers, will just not hire that new person, or they will raise prices. Look for milk to go up at least a quarter in the next six months, and a loaf of bread the same.
I really hope some of the minority Democrat supporters answer your question, I sure would like to understand what they are thinking.

Answer 3

Lots more than the Bush Clan, the Cheneys, the Lotts, the Thurmonds...
Also, what part of previous answers don't you get? Yes, historically, the democrats have been pro-all major issues that are important to black voters: welfare, affirmative action, raising the minimum wage...
Finally I found it very insulting that President Bush REFUSED to meet with the leadership of the NAACP during his first mandate.

Answer 4

OK, first of all, let's correct another person's statement: Martin Luther King was NOT a Republican. I knew him and worked with him.

Secondly, when the so-called "Dixiecrats" (Southern Democrats) got mad because Lyndon Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, they all went to the Republican party. At that point, most black people saw that the racism was getting relocated because the Democratic party was trying to pass laws to eliminate discrimination. To this day, the strongest support for the Republican party is in the southern part of the country and many politicians running for office speak in sort of coded language that reinforces racism. This is why a lot of black voters were appalled to learn that George Allen had Confederate memorabilia as well as a noose in his office, and that is partly why he lost the election.

While it is true that the Democratic party has not always delivered on their promises, the Republicans don't even make any promises to black people, so black voters continue to see the Democrats as their best hope.

Answer 5

well there are a growing # black professionals in America, but there are still alot that cant get over that hump, with the adversity that still exist today. i think we vote for democratic parties just to stay away from the republican parties that are always guarantied to screw us

in my opinion both parties have many downfalls

Answer 6

Black Voter Block is Racist
Because Blacks are too mindless to pick who they think is the best for the job and need only to vote for someone because of their race and who the "Black Leaders" tell them to vote for

Answer 7

Apparently this is WHAT you think are the reasons why black vote the way they do. And while you are talking about affrimative action and welfare, perhaps you should include corporate welfare too.

Have you ever asked why majority of white people vote Republician?

Answer 8

This is a question for United Statesian Black voters. By saying American Black voters you are including all the black voters in Brazil and Panama and the rest of America.

You see, there is no such a thing as ‘American’ nationality, America is not a nation America is a continent with many nations in it. The US never named itself the name of the United States is a designation it comes from the end of the Declaration of Independence, "WE, therefore, the Representatives of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in GENERAL CONGRESS, Assembled...". The preamble to the U.S. Constitution reiterated the phrase: "We the People of the United States..." (The authors of these two documents probably used the phrase "united states" in place of a list of colonies/states because they remained uncertain at the time of drafting which colonies/states would sign off on the sentiments therein.) The geographic term "America" specifies the states' home on the American continent.

It is therefor incorrect to refer to US citizens as Americans with the intent of denoting citizenship, or the United States as America with the intent of denoting a nation. Americans have a term for US citizens, we are called United Statesians by the rest of Americans, to say American with the intent of denoting citizenship or America when we mean the United States reflects poorly on our attitude towards the 70% of Americans that are not United Statesians.

Also, although some people would like to believe that America is not one but two continents North America and South America. If you think about it though the term U.S. of A. is a glaring example that this line of thought is incorrect, if America was two continents instead of one, shouldn’t it be U.S. of N.A. (North America)? We say Columbus discovered..... ? AMERICA, not South America or North America.

Now, as my nick indicates I'm not black, but your approach is incorrect. The idea is that social programs serve primarily the underprivileged and by in large the black United Statesian population falls in this segment. Democrats favor creating/funding/procuring programs that will take the underprivileged into the middle class, while Republicans favor policies that will make those on top even richer i/e billions and billions of tax cuts for the wealthy from the current administration, while not a penny is spent in social programs or even in natural disasters that affect the underprivileged (read Katrina), and so on.

As far as the politicians you name, while they are among the wealthy they are not elitist. What makes you say they are? Given the innuendo of your question the word would be defined like so:

Elitists: someone who believes in rule by an elite group
http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn



Hope that helps.

Answer 9

I think a certain hurricane came through one day and showed how much republicans care for the black community. Nice try but I think people in the republican party need to stop being so racist, sexist, and anti gay before they can expect to win over the minority votes. And I'm not only talking about the politicians, regular people that affiliate themselves..

Answer 10

Black voters wake up --> Martin Luther King was a Republican!!!!!!