How Hillary Lost The African American Electorate? by Arthur Boyer

Something must be definitely wrong for the Clintons to lose the African-American electorate that easy. Is it management, the messages, the whole campaign or is it the candidate herself? Well, it surely is no surprise to me at all. Some call it the beginning of the end, others call it just racism but no matter how it is described, something is definitely wrong.

Hillary's campaign has been underestimating Obama from the beginning. Until the Super Tuesday they have not really been paying him much attention. He has not been considered as a serious and competitive contender. Well, now it is very much too little too late. After wasting valuable time trumpeting experience from number of years in the White House as first lady and in the Senate and the Bill Clinton years, they are finally facing the regrettable truth. Maybe they thought that would be enough to get rid of Obama but they end up miserably wrong.

Hillary has not been campaigning as a candidate looking for the party's nomination before heading to general election. She played like her nomination was certain and did not have to worry about anything lesser. She has been only focusing on the general election ignoring her most competitive rival. They have been ignoring Obama so much that they strongly believe that they were the leader of the black voters.

They strongly banked on the old saying:"Bill Clinton is the first black president." As a result they lose the African American vote. Why? It is only because they did not seriously campaign for it. They thought it would come automatically. Wrong! Assumption is a no-no in politics especially when facing such a strong challenger. Honestly, African Americans know that Bill Clinton was never their president. I remember how hard it was for most of them to even accept Obama as an African American. They even claimed that he is not black enough. The generation that embraced Bill Clinton back then is significantly outnumbered.

The Clintons failed to campaign for the African American electorate and she loses it. It is that simple. Some claim that African Americans vote for Obama just because he is black but I think they do only because he worked hard for it. It is understood that the Clintons have done so much to better the African Americans' lives but whatever happened twelve years ago is politically dead. It is another generation. Hillary failed the African American test because she did not work for it. Is it too late for Hillary? It is already too late to bounce back.