ArticlesMarch 5, 20201 min read

Strategic and astute voters

Sam Webb

I’ve heard in recent days that African American voters who support Biden and not Bernie, are “pragmatic” and in the South, even “conservative.” Fear is what motivated them. This really misses the mark. First of all, who isn’t fearful of a second Trump term? But more to the point, Black voters are the most politically astute and strategically sophisticated component of the electorate. This has been the case for a long time. And their votes in South Carolina and on Super Tuesday demonstrate this fact. In their calculus, I would argue, Joe Biden was considered the candidate best able to assemble the kind of expansive election coalition that is capable of defeating Trump and regaining control of the Senate, while retaining a Democratic majority in the House. It looks like in the wake of Super Tuesday that they are right. In the coming weeks we will find out for sure.

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Sam Webb

I'm a long-time socialist and activist, but new to the blogging world. I hope to bring a different perspective on politics, sports, culture, and Marxism. Besides blogging, I also leave plenty of time for swimming, hiking, ESPN, music, reading, drinking good beer, and, not least, my family and friends. I wish I could play basketball, but my knees ruled out that possibility long ago. While I currently reside in New York, my politically formative years were spent in Portland, Me. and Detroit during the 1970s and 1980s. I graduated from St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia (where I played basketball) and received a MA in economics from the University of Connecticut. I was the national chairperson of the Communist Party, USA from 2000 until 2014 when I stepped down at the convention. In 2016 I resigned from the Communist Party two years later. We were no longer on the same page.

Strategic and astute voters

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