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Yus, check this out. ====================================================================== ----- Original Message ----- > Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 13:19:27 -0500 > From: Anita Brown <[log in to unmask]> > To: BlackGeeks-J <[log in to unmask]>, > BlackGeeks-K <[log in to unmask]>, > BlackGeeks-L <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Heads^UP -- Joint Center Report on Blacks and the Democratic National > Convention > > > ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ > ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ > Another Heads^UP from Black Geeks Online -- 28,000 members and growing! > Register at www.blackgeeks.net to subscribe to Heads^UP, your link to news & > information about the IT revolution and what it means for our communities. > ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ > ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: JOINT CENTER RELEASES NEW REPORT ON BLACKS AND THE 2000 DEMOCRATIC > NATIONAL CONVENTION > Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 09:32:17 -0400 > From: Liselle Yorke > > > PRESS RELEASE > August 11, 2000 > > CONTACT: Liselle Yorke > (202) 789-6366 > [log in to unmask] > www.jointcenter.org > > > JOINT CENTER RELEASES NEW REPORT ON BLACKS AND THE 2000 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL > CONVENTION > > EDITOR'S NOTE: Eddie N. Williams and David A. Bositis will be available for > interviews at the 2000 Democratic National Convention. > > WASHINGTON, D.C. * The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies today > released its quadrennial convention report, entitled Blacks and the 2000 > Democratic National Convention. A similar report on Blacks and the 2000 > Republican National Convention was released last month. In this second report, > author David A. Bositis, senior research associate, examines the participation > of African Americans in the Democratic party and in this year's convention in > Los Angeles, black trends in partisanship and voting, and black voters' > attitudes on key public policy issues. > > "This report clearly demonstrates the importance of the black vote for the > Democratic Party," said Joint Center president Eddie N. Williams. "If current > conjectures about Ralph Nader siphoning off votes from Vice President Gore hold > true in November, African American voters will be an invaluable political ally > because they are less likely than other voting blocs to support third party > candidates." > > Black delegates comprise 20.1 percent (872) of the delegates attending this > year's Democratic National Convention. This year's attendance is about the same > as that in 1996 and slightly higher than in 1992 when black delegates accounted > for 17.9 percent. Compared to the Republican National Convention, more African > Americans are involved in managing the Democratic convention and platform. > Prominent black Democrats participating in this year's convention include > convention co-chairs Lois DeBerry, a Tennessee state representative, and > Wellington Webb, mayor of Denver, as well as platform committee co-chair Sharon > Sayles Belton, mayor of Minneapolis. > > Joint Center national surveys conducted since the last presidential election > show that 80 percent of African Americans identify themselves as Democrats. > While only 60 percent of 18-to-25-year old African Americans identified > themselves this way, diminished support has not translated into increased > support for the Republican Party, as those not identifying themselves as > Democrats have tended to identify themselves as independents. > > Black votes represented a key bloc in many of the states that President Clinton > won in 1996 and most of them are again battleground states this year. They > include Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Louisiana, Ohio, New Jersey, Missouri, > Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. More than half of President Clinton's voters in > Louisiana (52%) were black, as were 50 percent of his voters in Georgia and a > third in Maryland. > > Noting that black public opinion is neither as liberal nor as uniform as > observers typically believe, author David Bositis predicts that "unless there > are some unexpected developments to significantly move black opinion, it appears > > that Gore will receive a typical Democrat's share of the black vote of roughly > 90 percent." > > To receive a copy of this report, please contact the Joint Center's Office of > Communications and Marketing at (202) 789-6366. Limited copies of Blacks and > the 2000 Republican National Convention are still available. Both reports are > also available on the Joint Center's website: www.jointcenter.org. > > The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a nonpartisan, nonprofit > organization, conducts research and analyses on public policy issues of concern > to African Americans and other minorities, and promotes their involvement in the > > governance process. > > ### > > No interest? No problem! > ^ Unsubscribe by replying to [log in to unmask] with UNSUBSCRIBE in the > Subject. > ^ If interested in subject, contact the person or website noted in the text. > ^ Forward freely. > Abdoulie A. 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