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This new poll on Virginians views on Northam is interesting, and it confirms what those of us who study political behavior have long known: 1) black voters are exceptionally pragmatic, and 2) the Northam/Fairfax/Herring scandals are politics first & moral deficiencies second. 
Why on earth do Republicans want Northam gone more than black people do? Easy. Republicans want to hurt Democrats. Period. And pragmatic black voters know Northam is indebted to them after his blackface debacle. Period.
This is about the politics, folks. politico.com/magazine/story…
This is about the politics, folks. politico.com/magazine/story…
Black VA ppl understand, given the series of scandals, that Nortam leaving means Fairfax & Herring are vulnerable, too. And a GOP-controlled state will harm black interests more than a blackfaced, black-indebted Dem.
It appears Northam got the memo, too. washingtonpost.com/local/virginia…
It appears Northam got the memo, too. washingtonpost.com/local/virginia…
So while 2020 pols communicate solidarity w/ black VA & display racial justice bona fides for white liberals, black Virginians (me included, been here 7 years + 4 at Hampton U) want systemic issues to be addressed. Blackface Northam presents an opportunity washingtonpost.com/local/virginia…
