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SINCE THE TIME OF F.D.R, RIGHT THROUGH TO JOHN AND ROBERT KENNEDY AND BARACK OBAMA AFRICAN AMERICAN VOTERS HAVE GENERALLY FOUND THEIR REPRESENTATION IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. BLACK VOTERS ARE A CRUCIAL BLOC FOR THE DEMOCRATS; THEIR WILLINGNESS TO TURN UP FOR A CANDIDATE CAN MAKE OR BREAK AN ELECTION. HOWEVER, ASSUMING THAT THIS SUPPORT IS A SURE THING CAN HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON A CANDIDATE- SOMETHING JOE BIDEN LEARNED RECENTLY: JOE BIDEN ON THE BREAKFAST CLUB 'IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH FIGURING OUT WHETHER YOU ARE FOR ME OR TRUMP- THEN YOU AIN'T BLACK' EXPERTS SAY, THE PROBLEM WITH THESE REMARKS- (WHICH BIDEN HAS SINCE APOLOGISED FOR) IS THIS NARRATIVE ERASES THE 1.3M BLACK VOTERS WHO VOTED FOR DONALD TRUMP. BUT THIS STORY ALSO SPEAKS TO THE LARGER ISSUE-THE FEELING THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS TAKING BLACK VOTERS FOR GRANTED. SOUND FROM DS VOSS UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY "The very group that won him the primary could lose him the election." EXPERTS SAY THAT A CONNECTION TO THE COUNTRY'S FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IS NOT ENOUGH TO GET BLACK VOTERS ON SIDE WITH JOE BIDEN: DR JODY ARMOUR "IT ISN'T LOST ON A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE- OF COLOR IN PARTICULAR THAT IT WAS DURING THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION THAT BLACK LIVES MATTER REALLY WAS BIRTHED AND CAME INTO IT'S OWN." THE SOLUTION- ACCORDING TO ACTIVISTS, IS THAT BIDEN NEEDS TO ENSURE THAT HIS POLICIES BENEFIT BLACK PEOPLE: WISDOM COLE: NAACP FOR HIM TO REALLY HAVE AN EFFECTIVE CONNECTION TO YOUNG BLACK PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY HE HAS TO TAKE A REAL YOUTH BLACK POLICY AGENDA. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS WORKING HARD TO GAIN AFRICAN AMERICAN SUPPORT- SPENDING $11M ON ONE SINGLE TELEVISION AD TARGETTING AFRICAN AMERICAN VOTERS.