Saturday, August 31, 2013
Hillary's Racial Politics - WSJ.com
Mrs. Clinton seems to give speeches that are short on real facts and statistics.
Of course, politicians are masters of that self-serving skill...
Of course, politicians are masters of that self-serving skill...
The editorial side of the Wall Street Journal offers their opinion of a recent speech:
"She claimed the High Court had 'struck at the heart' of the law, though all it did was eliminate a section that had forced such states as Mississippi to meet higher legal burdens for election laws than other states with a worse current record of minority voter participation. 'Now not every obstacle is related to race,' Mrs. Clinton added, 'but anyone who says that racial discrimination is no longer a problem in American elections must not be paying attention.'
No one thinks racial discrimination has vanished from American life or the human condition. But as for minority voting, Mrs. Clinton is the one who hasn't been paying attention. In particular, she must have missed the May 2013 Census Bureau study on 'The Diversifying Electorate—Voting Rates by Race and Hispanic Origin in 2012 (and Other Recent Elections).'
The study, based on data from the November 2012 Current Population Survey, shows that minority voter turnout nationwide has been rising—dramatically so. Take blacks, who as recently as 1996 had a low voter turnout rate of 53%. As the nearby chart shows, black turnout has jumped in each of the last four presidential elections."
