Obama Targets Black Vote in Limited Foray Into Campaign
His appearances with gubernatorial candidates in Democratic-led states contrasts with his absence from the trail in the Senate battle.
President Barack Obama(L) casts a ballot in early voting for the 2014 midterm elections at the Dr. Martin Luther King Community Service Center October 20, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois.
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President Barack Obama’s push to help fellow Democrats in midterm congressional elections leans on motivating black voters, a core constituency that continues to support him even as his national approval ratings drop.
At campaign rallies over the weekend and when casting his early ballot yesterday in his home neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, Obama spoke directly to black voters, who supported him in record numbers in two presidential runs but historically turn out in lower numbers for congressional elections.