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Roland Martin: “We've seen a decrease in black voter turnout because…”

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Gov. Abigail Spanberger: How Virginia's Democratic Wins Can Be a National Model

Published | Video Starts at 05:24

Because the model 20 years ago, the Obama model does not work. Yeah. The Jackson model does not work. And I think in too many cases, we have seen the last six elections national, We've seen a decrease in black voter turnout because strategists are spending their time saying, no, no, we got them. And I'm like, no, you're going to have to talk to them over and over and over again, not just assume that African American voters are going to vote Democratic. (05:24–05:32)

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Asserts that there has been a decrease in black voter turnout due to complacency among strategists.

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