Monday, November 3, 2014

While I Await Sam Wang's Predictions

++President Obama appeared in Philadelphia to enthusiastic crowds in a campaign appearance for Tom Wolf, the Democrat who tomorrow will beat Corbett. The audience was primarily African-American from the photos. But as Charles Blow writes in the New York Times President Obama's call to the African American community has been going on throughout the campaign. In Georgia, he regularly appeared on radio shows in the African-American community, where his approval rating is sky-high. This technique he used in 2012 and no white media personality ever caught on. Besides Michelle Obama appearing in Georgia, his radio broadcasts have resulted in a huge unexpected turnout of African-Americans in Georgia,North Carolina and hopefully Florida. 

++Another sector of the electorate Obama has made in-roads in is with native Americans. He has made radio broadcasts to the Navaho in Arizona in their own language. The native American vote lies under the radar but will pivotal in states like Arizona and Alaska.

++Persuaded to delay his immigration actions until after the mid-term,President Obama may have hurt Mark Udall in Colorado where there is a substantial Hispanic community. 

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