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Black turnout in primaries might make Democrats think twice about swing voter strategy

  • Written by Todd Shaw, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of South Carolina
Voters fill out Super Tuesday ballots in North Carolina.Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images

Big wins for Joe Biden on Super Tuesday and in the South Carolina primary a few days earlier have seemingly bolstered a centrist view of how best to capture the presidency: appeal to the middle, pick up swing voters.

It is true that a sizeable chunk of moderates...

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