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Gay-Marriage Views and the Black Gender Gap
(The Root) — Though President Obama’s re-election was widely celebrated in the black community, and his victory attributed to the overwhelming support he enjoyed among black voters, there was another victory on Nov. 6 — credited at least in part to black voters — that has not received nearly as much attention. Same-sex marriage was…
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Obama Frees His Inner Angry Black Man
(The Root) — Throughout much of his first term, President Obama faced criticism from a variety of corners for his seeming lack of passion, more specifically his unwillingness to get angry. There were columns devoted to how his lack of ire actually enraged pundits and voters. There were also those who commented that his lack…
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Will Racist Tweets Help Obama?
(The Root) — Amid all of the celebration that took place in progressive circles following the president’s re-election, there was a less jubilant reaction in some corners of the nation. There were so many racist messages tweeted after the president’s win that analysts started treating it as a competition. Want to know which states had…
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8 People and Things to Thank for Obama's Win
(The Root) — After nearly two years of campaigning, billions of dollar spent and thousands of hours of TV ads, the 2012 presidential election came down to just one night and nine swing states. But what, ultimately, made the difference between who won and who lost? Below is a look at the eight people and…
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1st Black President Wins a 2nd Term
(The Root) — Four years after making history by becoming the first black president elected in the United States, Barack Obama has been elected to a second term. Bolstered by wins in key swing states, among them Ohio, Virginia and Pennsylvania, the president was declared the winner by multiple news outlets just after 11 p.m.…
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Where Voter-ID Laws May Decide the Election
(The Root) — If there are two words that still-angry Democrats use as shorthand to summarize all that went wrong in the 2000 presidential election, those words might just be “hanging chads.” But “hanging chads” may soon be joined by “voter-I.D. laws” as the catchphrases progressives use while playing the blame game after a disappointing…
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Obama vs. Romney: 7 Key Issues for Blacks
Keli Goff is The Root’s special correspondent. Follow her on Twitter. While issues such as abortion and the general state of economy have dominated headlines and campaign ads much of this presidential election cycle, the candidates’ specific policies — especially as they relate to communities of color — have often gone overlooked. The Root took a…
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An Obama Win Will Improve Race Relations
By many accounts, the American electorate has become more polarized during the 2012 presidential contest, with race forming one of the many fault-lines dividing voters. We decided to look at what might happen to race relations in America under a second Obama term, versus a Mitt Romney administration, in a package that is also being…
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Hate Groups: Preparing for an Obama Win?
(The Root) — When retired Army Col. Lawrence Wilkerson denounced the Republican Party as “full of racists” in a recent interview, he ignited a firestorm. Though the comments were not the first time the Republican Party had been accused of being the chosen party for those harboring racist tendencies, it did mark one of the…
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Will Bad Press Hurt Romney With Women?
Updated Thursday, 1:58 p.m. ET, October 25: Mitt Romney’s testimony in the Stemberg divorce case has been unsealed, according to the Boston Globe. Information on the nature of his testimony is not yet available. Earlier: (The Root) — After experiencing one of the best weeks of his campaign following the first presidential debate, which pundits…
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