Interesting subject on a POTUS round table type show on XM. A seriously Trump leaning moderator asked his Black panel member what he thought of Trump's appeal to African American voters. Another person's answer was interesting.
The black panel member said it's true that democrats have not maybe been the best friend to blacks, but the Republicans have been openly adversarial. He said "we can't be worse than your last boyfriend" isn't a good pick up line. The real interesting part is he didn't think the appeal was meant for blacks at all.
Another member of the panel was a pollster and he said the appeal to black voters was aimed at moderate independent white women. He went on to explain you do not need any minority votes if you get enough of the white vote. You have lots of independent voters (especially women) lean Republican but are afraid of the racist overtones. They don't want to be racist, so by appealing to blacks, they may be comfortable with Trump if he appears to care about the black vote. Trump can meanwhile still give his core what they want.
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