The Unbearable Whiteness of the American Left

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142. An entire state votes for Senator. For members of Congress, the people who live around them vote

for them. That was why it was so important to get minorities, esp. in the South registered to vote in the 60s and why Acorn worked hard registering minority and white poor, including in Chicago. So they could help elect more African Americans, etc. Including state senator Barack Obama.


ETA: The difference between the house and senate is, IMO, evidence of some ghettoization, even in blue states. Also, the difference between the house and Senate is also evidence that something prevents African Americans from statewide office. What is it? Do African Americans try for those offices? If so, what prevents the win?

Perhaps the bluest state is Massachusetts. We got our first African American governor two years before Obama was elected Pres. (Axelrod was 2006 campaign manager for our Gov.)