NAACP: "SSM AOK" [effect on elections]

[Ludovic]

Linky. Will this have an effect on the upcoming US election? It could, if it can get some socially conservative black people to the polls who would have otherwise stayed home due to Obama's support for same sex marriage.

Of course this depends on a few factors like:
-- How heavily otherwise moderate black people listen to the NAACP
-- How many would-be Obama supporters would stay home just because of his stance on SSM, and
-- How this would shake out in actual election results, which would depend on swing states and/or the existence of marginal districts with lots of black people, the latter of which seems to be fairly rare due to the twin effects of the "concentration" strategy of gerrymandering and the demands for minority-safe districts under the Voting Rights Act.

I applaud the NAACP's stance on this. I just don't know how large its effect will be.

[What the .... ?!?!]

Does the NAACP have a recent history of being a voice for the average colored person or are they agenda driven to move colored people more to the left?

[Czarcasm]

Originally Posted by What the .... ?!?!

Does the NAACP have a recent history of being a voice for the average colored person or are they agenda driven to move colored people more to the left?

Are there some cites that lead you to ask questions like these...or are you Just Asking Questions?

[What the .... ?!?!]

Originally Posted by Czarcasm

Are there some cites that lead you to ask questions like these...or are you Just Asking Questions?

I'm going for multiple Czargasms

[Czarcasm]

Originally Posted by What the .... ?!?!

I'm going for multiple Czargasms

Like I thought-the latter.

[BrainGlutton]

Originally Posted by What the .... ?!?!

Does the NAACP have a recent history of being a voice for the average colored person or are they agenda driven to move colored people more to the left?

The former, definitely. (I once worked for the president of a local NAACP chapter. And he weren't no lefty.)

[Rhythmdvl]

Originally Posted by BrainGlutton

The former, definitely. (I once worked for the president of a local NAACP chapter. And he weren't no lefty.)

Shhh! You're not supposed to let the secret out. Next thing you know you won't be not talking about Fight Club.

[Ludovic]

I'm asking the former and i don't know the answer. I don't think the latter is true especially how it's phrased.

[Captain Amazing]

I don't think this will really have much of an effect.

[Chronos]

I think this is more significant as an effect than as a cause. The opinions of black people as a whole don't follow the NAACP; more, the opinions of the NAACP follow those of black people as a whole. If they're endorsing SSM, that's a sign that blacks (like most demographics) are becoming more comfortable with it.

[Revtim]

I guess this isn't a new stance, according to the article they were against Prop 8 in Cali. and DOMA.