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Obama Campaign: African-American Early Vote Strong For Obama

The question pundits have wrangled over for months, whether blacks would turnout in strong numbers to reelect President Obama, may have finally been answered. According to the Obama campaign, black voters have come out strong for President Obama in the early vote totals.

A memo released by the Obama campaign details just how committed African-Americans are to reelecting President Obama:

In the first two days of early voting in Florida, nearly a quarter (23.7 percent) of the electorate was African American. We’ve seen consistently strong turnout in predominately African American areas of Broward and Dade counties, with big crowds patiently waiting hours to cast their votes. Yesterday 1,200 people marched from Bethune Cookman University, an HBCU in Daytona Beach, to vote early.

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