Disproportionality in our schools and environmental injustice," Biden said.īiden has picked up endorsements from several prominent members of the state’s Legislative Black Caucus, and from a former Senate colleague Blanche Lincoln, who switched her endorsement from Minnesota Sen. Our brothers and sisters, racially profiled. The redlining and gentrifying of our neighborhoods. "His faith is that we can change the story when we see the past for what it is and understand the reality of our present. She stood before the congregation, telling them her husband would seek to right historical wrongs. Jill Biden sat with worshippers at First Baptist Church in North Little Rock. Jamie Scott pose with children at First Baptist Church in North Little Rock.
Bloomberg and Biden have been similarly close in the polls in other southern states with large African American populations.īut Bloomberg’s policies while leading the country’s largest city, like the use of stop-and-frisk policing, have given the Biden campaign a chance to attack. That poll shows Bloomberg as the frontrunner in Arkansas, but with just a little over a 1% lead over former Vice President Joe Biden, which is within the margin of error. The one most frequently cited by media locally and nationally has been the Talk Business & Politics/Hendrix College Poll, which surveyed just under 500 people, mainly white voters over 45 years old, in early February. Polling in Arkansas has been scarce ahead of Super Tuesday. "I think it's a brilliant strategy and I think in the future other campaigns might look at that as well," Crumley said. Senior Advisor Amanda Crumley says that puts Bloomberg at an advantage over other Democrats, who’ve pumped resources into early primary and caucus states. 20.īloomberg’s late entrance into the race means Super Tuesday will be the first time he actually appears on a ballot. KUAR Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg leading Little Rock's Martin Luther King Jr. "The important thing to consider here is, what is the best way to remove Donald Trump from office?" "Voters are now realizing that we can't have really everything we want in a candidate, that there's no perfect candidate," Tanner said. State Director Evan Tanner says, though Bloomberg’s self-funded campaign has faced widespread criticism, he stands the best chance to win in the general election. Perhaps his most prominent local endorsement comes from Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott, Jr., the co-chair of the Mike for Black America National Leadership Council. Staffers for former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s campaign coordinated their efforts from an office on Main Street in downtown Little Rock. Arkansas is part of Super Tuesday, the largest single-day primary nationwide, when voters in 14 states and American Samoa will choose which of the remaining Democratic presidential candidates to award more than one-third of all total Democratic delegates to.Īnd though the state is solidly red, candidates are making their respective efforts to court Arkansas voters.
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