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Kerry loss prompts call for closer look at Black Democratic role
Date: Thursday, November 04, 2004
By: H.R. HARRIS, BlackAmericaWeb.com
President George W. Bush's defeat of Sen. John Kerry in spite of an historic turnout by black voters Tuesday is prompting some black leaders and members of the Congressional Black Caucus to ponder their future role in the Democratic Party.
It is a sad day for America, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., chairman of the CBC, told BlackAmericaWeb.com. So much effort went into bringing out the black vote. African-Americans came to the polls in record numbers to let it be known that they wanted a change in the course of America.
In an election where more than 100 million votes were cast, Bush won 51 percent of the returns and 274 votes in the Electoral College. Kerry won 252 electoral votes. But Kerry's numbers were bolstered by huge numbers of blacks who went to the polls who made up 10 percent of the total votes cast.
Cummings, as well as the Rev. Jesse Jackson, said they were disappointed that Kerry conceded before all the provisional ballots in Ohio were counted a move that pundits praised because it spared the country the kind of drama that occurred in 2000 when the U.S. Supreme Court stopped a 36-day vote recount in Florida and effectively handed Bush the presidency.
They are calling for a re-examination of the relationship between blacks and the Democratic Party.
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