Several polls show Klobuchar with single-digit support from black voters nationally and in South Carolina. A recent NBC/Wall Street Journal poll found about one-third of black voters said they didn’t know Klobuchar’s name. Klobuchar says her low poll numbers indicate African American voters still need to get to know her and she intends to “earn“ black voters’ support. Some who know Klobuchar best say African American voters are right to be concerned about her commitment to them. “It’s as if the issues that impact the African American community are peripheral to her,“ Levy Armstrong said.

Source: thestar February 26, 2020 17:03 UTC