Black voters generations apart
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When civil rights elders signed on to support Hillary Rodham Clinton's run for president, it was seen as a coup in the competition for the black vote, especially in the Deep South.
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As polls suggest gains for President Bush among black voters, Democrats are trying to solidify their bloc.
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White House hopeful Barack Obama, taking a fellow black lawmaker to task, said Saturday voters are ready to elect a black president.
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Transitions of the nation's largest African American and Hispanic rights groups highlight differences in their outlooks and agendas.
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Democrat Barack Obama told young voters Saturday his multicultural background lets him "see through the eyes of other people" abroad in ways another president could not. Closer to home Â and student pocketbooks Â rival Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke of aggressive steps to make college affordable.
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Democrat Barack Obama, who would be the first black president, has white ancestors who owned slaves, according to a genealogical researcher.
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Candidates' race, gender, age, and religion are among the factors that could shape the election.
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Motivated by unpleasant memories of the 2000 Florida recount, black leaders determined to boost voter turnout this fall are enlisting hip-hop artists and community organizations in campaigns to register millions of new voters.
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Black leaders are claiming success in  their efforts to register new voters after the 2000 election  debacle in Florida and are focusing now on getting them to the  polls in next month's presidential election.
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There are echoes of Jesse Jacksonâs candidacy as the battle for the Democratic nomination once again roars across the South, focused squarely on African Americans.
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Some statistics on American life as Election Day nears, compared with four years earlier.
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Being black doesn't necessarily mean White House hopeful Sen. Barack Obama has a lock on black voters. In wooing a faithful Democratic constituency, Obama faces two-term New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, the party front-runner who enjoys strong support in the black community. She also is married to former President Clinton, so wildly popular among black voters that novelist Toni Morrison dubbed him "the first black president" in a 1998 essay.
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The view from suburban Philadelphia voters about politics and politicians:
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Decades after the civil rights movement's greatest victories, black youth often see a world rife with discrimination, a new survey says. And yet they remain optimistic about their chances for affecting social change.
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Sen. Hillary Clinton's lead is growing among African-American Democrats and particularly among black women, a CNN/Opinion Research Poll shows."Black women don't just vote their black identity," explains CNN political analyst Bill Schneider. "They also vote their identity as women."
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LITTLE CHANGE: Three-quarters of voters will use the same machines as in 2000. Nearly 30 percent will vote on punch card and lever machines regarded as unreliable.
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A growing number of foreign-born blacks have inspired a quiet debate over who can claim the term "African-American."