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Joe Biden Polling Well with Black Voters

April Ryan
August 29, 2019

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Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event at Keene State College in Keene, N.H., Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

A recent Monmouth University poll shows Bernie Sanders at number one with 20 points, Elizabeth Warren with 20 points, and Joe Biden with 19 points.

Since Biden entered the race on April 25, Democrats running for president focused on beating Joe Biden. Biden’s “special sauce” has been his personal touch. But what is in his special sauce when it comes to Black America, as he has polled highest among Black voters? It may be because he was the number two to the first Black president. But there are some who say it is that personal touch, something very simple.

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April Ryan has a unique vantage point as the only Black female reporter covering urban issues from the White House, a position she has held with AURN since the Clinton era. Her position as a White House Correspondent has afforded her heightened insight into the racial sensitivities, issues, and attendant political struggles of our nation. April has written three books; The Presidency in Black & White: My Close-Up View of Three Presidents and Race in America, At Mama's Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White, and Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House. Twitter: @aprildryan