Politics
Election 2012: Republicans launch new effort to Court African American voters
Former Republican National Committee Chair., Michael Steele. PHOTO/File
One thing is certain this election year: President Barack Obama will win African American voters by a colossal margin.
Obama had a stunning 94-3 lead over Mitt Romney among African Americans in a Quinnipiac University poll released last week.
But Republicans are trying to loosen the grip.
The Republican National Committee is planning to launch an African Americans outreach program as part of their “strategic partnerships” initiative aimed at courting groups that have traditionally leaned Democratic.
Web platforms targeting women and Hispanics have already launched.
The party is set to introduce a new web site, which will go live in the next two weeks, featuring testimonials from some of the party’s most prominent African American elected officials, including Florida Rep. Allen West, South Carolina Rep. Tim Scott and Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll.
