November 6, 2012, - 12:56 pm
“Blacks Not Motivated This Time Around”? Not EXACTLY; Black Turnout VERY High in Michigan
Yesterday, I told you Obama would win Michigan and laughed at the fake pollster/fraud-committing Hezbollah lawyer Tarek Baydoun’s absurd poll showing Mitt Romney winning Michigan. I stand by that even more so today. I’ve always doubted the claim by many on the right that “Blacks aren’t as motivated this time around” to vote. Really? That’s not what I saw in my mostly Black neighborhood. And it’s just not what I see, as I live in the midst of Black America. Most of my neighbors are Black, my Mayor is Black, and I live in a majority Black city. They are more motivated than ever. More than in 2008.
Reports I’ve gotten from all over Black areas of Michigan say turnout is higher than ever before. And it’s backed by video reports showing long lines and lines and lines of Black voters in Detroit and even in Macomb County, Michigan formerly known as “Reagan Country” who lined up on Friday and Monday to vote absentee and who lined up this morning.
This morning, I voted in my precinct in a largely Black neighborhood of a Detroit suburb. And the huge crowd at the polling place–I’ve never seen anything like it before. It was the first time in my 11 years of living here that I’ve ever had to wait in line to vote. I waited about 15 minutes, which isn’t bad, but I’ve never ever had to wait before. The turnout is huge, this time around. I was voter #286, which is about the number of people who usually vote in my precinct in an entire day of a Presidential election, and I was there at 10:30 a.m. I always go at the same time of the day to vote, thinking I will avoid the crowds. And while there is usually just a handful of people voting at this time, I saw about 100 Black people and four Whites voting in the four precincts that always have voting in a local public school gym. I didn’t see this many voters for the 2008 election. My poll worker told me there were long lines at 6:00 a.m. when she got there (and the polls don’t open in Michigan until 7:00 a.m.). Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Barack Obama, Black vote, Black voters, election day, enthusiasm gap