Black Political Zone

MSNBC has an article on black candidates in the recent midterms elections. They discuss the fact that many of the candidates did not talk about race, but that black voters were savvy enough to look at their stance on the issues. They write:

Black candidates in the U.S. midterm elections moved toward the political center, seeking votes across the spectrum and playing down race, academics and analysts have said.

The strategy reflects a further shift from African-American leaders rooted in the civil rights era to a generation of politicians for whom race can be used best as a vehicle for appealing to universal themes such as overcoming poverty.

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