African Americans hold key to Senate

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/04/15/1292020/-African-Americans-hold-key-to-Senate?detail=email

for decades we have made noise about our rights what we say being ignored, our vote not counting, well it's time to collect on that debt this is the chance to make noise heard around the world stand and deliver don't lay down and continue to be kicked Nov. 4th.

attribution: REUTERS

If African Americans vote this November, Democrats hold the Senate.

The headline may be overstating things a little, but probably not: in a Senate chamber that may be decided by one or two seats, African-American voters could prove decisive in Democratic hopes to maintain control.

Democrats are certainly focused heavily on this year's ground game, and African-American turnout is a big part of that.

The Democrats’ plan to hold on to their narrow Senate majority goes by the name “Bannock Street project.” It runs through 10 states, includes a $60 million investment and requires more than 4,000 paid staff members [...]

They hope to make the 2014 midterm election more closely resemble a presidential election year, when more traditional Democratic constituencies — single women, minorities and young voters — turn out to vote in higher numbers, said Guy Cecil, the committee’s executive director.

 This is good stuff, because:

“Television is a fundamentally persuasive medium, and by transferring those resources to targeted mobilization, you see a party whose path to victory goes through changing the electorate, not through winning over the opinion of typical off-year voters,” Mr. Issenberg said. “Campaigns are realizing that the smartest way to win the next vote is by mobilizing a nonvoter than by trying to win over a voter.”

In other words, stop chasing after those "undecided" or "independent" voters, and focus on getting our supporters to the polls. There are more of us than there are of them. If we turn out, we win. The DSCC certainly appreciates that and is pouring real money into the ground game.

Head below the fold for a look at the states that could be decided by the African-American vote.

Louisiana (32 percent of population)

Georgia (30 percent of population)

North Carolina (21 percent of population)

Arkansas (15 percent of population)

Kentucky (8 percent)

African-American voters also hit double digits in Virginia (19 percent, though it won't be competitive this year) and Michigan (14 percent). Core base turnout is critical. If African Americans (and Latinos, Asians, single women, and young voters) turn out, we hold the Senate and do so easily. But that won't happen. Our job is to make sure we bleed as little as possible, thus minimizing our potential loss.

those in bold print have stories behind the numbers please read article for all of our sake's.