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A Battle for Black Souls and Votes - Newsweek Politics

In the critical swing states of Ohio and Pennsylvania, where the campaign focused on issues like same-sex marriage, abortion and school vouchers, he received 16 percent of the black vote. This time around, a chastened Democratic party is fighting back with its biggest weapons: chief among them Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. “We didn’t see it coming this last time. We didn’t see them using the church and the morals of the church to win votes,” Sharpton says.

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