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Reality Over Emotion and Passion! 5 Reasons Why Blacks Support Biden Over Bernie
Mar 25 · 8 min read
Key factors range from Barack Obama to Electoral College
With the Democratic presidential primary race now down to two major candidates, some non-Black political observers are questioning why African Americans have mobilized behind Joe Biden rather than Bernie Sanders.
The overwhelming support of the Black community clearly propelled Biden to a huge victory in the South Carolina primary and other states on Super Tuesday. This string of victories lifted the Biden campaign from dormant to dominant among Democratic primary voters.
This has been the most compelling post-Super Tuesday narrative.
Biden indeed won key demographic groups such as suburban women, moderates and older voters across racial lines. Moreover, Biden was also able to successfully garner notable percentages of Black votes in Northern and mid-Western states, in addition to states the former vice president did not even win.
Five formidable factors explaining the propensity of Black voters to boost Biden over Bernie include (but are not limited to) the following:
