… Democrats hope that high turnout rates among African Americans will be “sticky,” where voters motivated to cast ballots for Obama will transition into habitual voters in future years. But Democrats’ appeal to black voters could also matter a great deal in how much black turnout dips.
Clinton is popular among African Americans but not as intensely as Obama. A Washington Post-ABC News poll in late May found 53 percent of blacks reporting a “strongly favorable” impression of Clinton, compared with 68 percent who said this about Obama in a poll last fall. CONT.
Scott Clement, Washington Post