ht KFS:Clinton campaign in ‘panic mode’ over Florida black voters

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/hillary-clinton-florida-black-vote...

But Democrats are beginning to worry that too many African-American voters are uninspired by Clinton’s candidacy, leading her campaign to hit the panic button this week and launch an all-out blitz to juice-up voter enthusiasm.

"Hillary Clinton's campaign is in panic mode. Full panic mode," said Leslie Wimes, a South Florida-based president of the Democratic African-American Women Caucus.
"They have a big problem because they thought Obama and Michelle saying, 'Hey, go vote for Hillary' would do it. But it's not enough," Wimes said, explaining that too much of the black vote in Florida is anti-Trump, rather than pro-Clinton. "In the end, we don't vote against somebody. We vote for somebody."

It’s not just Clinton’s margins with black voters that concerns Democrats. It’s whether African-American voters turn out in force for her in a pivotal state whose 29 electoral votes are essential to the GOP nominee's path to an Electoral College victory. A loss in Florida all but guarantees a Trump defeat on Election Day.

Clinton faces a similar potential problem with Hispanic voters. Though Florida Hispanics back her by double-digit margins similar to the level of support Obama enjoyed, activists fear their turnout rate will be lower. Hispanics account for more than 15 percent of the Florida voter rolls and African-Americans are more than 13 percent. About 65 percent of registered voters are non-Hispanic white, and they heavily favor Trump.

bwahahahaha

I am not at all surprised that millennials would not automatically migrate to Clinton after Bernie was cheated out of the nomination. I spent some time with millennials at Occupy Tallahassee and what I saw impressed me with this generation. Beyond anything else, millennials refuse to be bullshitted. They see through people like Trump and Clinton. So I am not surprised that most are not automatically supporting Clinton. I predicted months ago that millennials would either vote third party (either Johnson or Stein) or forgo the Presidential election altogether. And I would not be surprised that Johnson is also attracting millennial votes. Some of the millennials I met were libertarian in their outlook. They are fed up with the status quo and the shit sandwich they have been left with. They cannot be threatened or blackmailed into supporting more of the same.

That Clinton is planning a trip to Minnesota......... to the bluest of blue states!? That can't be good, when we're almost to October.

Here in a pretty blue part of the Mpls/StP metro, I've yet to see a Hillary lawn sign (I've seen one bumper sticker, amongst those for Bernie and Wellstone (still). I might have seen a couple of Trump stickers. I'd probably have to go further West to check on the Trump lawn situation. Enthusiasm seems very low all round.

And I have been tired of living this quote since 1980:

How long has everyone been holding their nose and voting for the "not as bad as" with no end in sight?

I couldn't reward Carter with a vote for a second term due to the horrible advisors he listened to. I couldn't vote for Reagan because I could see coming what we've been living with for the past 36 years. So I voted for Anderson just to open the gates to other choices.

I refuse to vote for either Trump or Clinton. I can't vote for Johnson, especially not after hearing the Libertarian platform courtesy of Thom Hartmann. I will vote for Jill for the same reason I voted for Anderson: we need other choices - DESPERATELY!

and many more thanks for all the essays that you bring to c99

There is hope in the fact that the millennials get it.

Money quote:

putting Trump in the White House and emboldening his most dangerous supporters.

Help me out here. Name one Trump supporter who is more dangerous than Henry Kissinger.

I know and those in my family were born in the 90's. Both my granddaughters were computer literate by the time they were going to kindergarten. They only used the TV to entertain themselves, kind of like eating junk food. Both of them expressed their first political opinions about Bush when he ran the first time. From an early age they cared and knew about climate change and were concerned about the environment. Don't vote for Bush said the oldest one when I picked her up from kindergarten one afternoon. He hates the animals.

They we're both raised in the burbs not in liberal land and were much more questioning and unafraid then their parents my Xer kids. Although not eligible to vote in 2000 they went big time for Obama and were disillusioned when his pocket full of hope turn out to be empty. It was interesting watching them turn into adults and develop humanistic global values. When my oldest turned 18 she refused to register as 'It's rigged so why bother'. We all talked her into registering (indie but now Green) because of local ballot issues regarding education. She never went for Bernie but was for Jill Stein from day one. She liked what she stood for and said.

I think it's partly because they do not fall for the bs. on the traditional media. Even with music they have the world past and present to rummage through online and find what's relevant and great. I know this is a generalization and every generation runs the gamut but the millennials not only have to live in this insane war torn neo-liberal unjust world world they have bs. meters that have been honed by the increasingly unbelievable fear and loathing the media pumps out. It does not match the real world they habituate online or off.

I tip my hat to the new revolution....

They think that millennials owe them the vote and they act accordingly.

Hillary, if you want their votes make them believe you will address their key issues; student loans, climate change, health care, jobs and inequality.

Once Bernie conceded, they took all these things off the table and teleprompters and emails, etc.

Then again, the millennials that count are registered in PA, FL and OH.