That’s what could happen to the Democrats on election day. “Democrats Fear Disillusionment in Black Voters”

For Democrats like these in tight races, black voter turnout will be crucial on Election Day. But despite a generally buoyant Democratic Party nationally, there are worries among Democratic strategists in some states that blacks may not turn up at the polls in big enough numbers because of disillusionment over past shenanigans.

?This notion that elections are stolen and that elections are rigged is so common in the public sphere that we?re having to go out of our way to counter them this year,? said Donna Brazile, a Democratic strategist.

…Democrats? worries are backed up by a Pew Research Center report that found that blacks were twice as likely now than they were in 2004 to say they had little or no confidence in the voting system, rising to 29 percent from 15 percent.

When you make it the corner piece of your electoral strategy to boogeyman the opponent into evil vote stealers, the danger is people might actually believe you. Deliciously ironic.

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