The race issue trumps the fact that this segment of the Black population tends to be conservative itself and is striving to join the middle and upper economic class. Likewise with the Jewish population who voted for Gore in spite of the fact that the State of Israel is virtually in flames today thanks to Clinton's attempt to beat the clock and achieve a legacy and a Nobel Prize. Former Sec. of State George Schultz has rightfully pointed out that Clinton, in his break neck haste to achieve a treaty at Camp David, pushed both the Israeli's and the Palestinians in directions that should have been arrived at carefully and over years, if not decades. Clinton's bungling has resulted in the present explosion and has left Israel is worse shape than at any time in it's history. These facts, along with Hillary Clinton's longstanding record of association with Hamas and PLO terrorists, has, apparently, barely made a dent in Jewish support for these two Democrats.
Nothing seems to shake the lock-step Jewish support for the Democratic candidacy.
Like sheep, they vote for Gore while Israel burns. Gore's radical environmentalism, expressed in his book, Earth in the Balance, calls for the phasing out of the automobile yet, the United Auto Workers of Michigan came out in droves for Gore. Urban Roman Catholics, concerned about moral issues such as abortion and Gay rights, seemed to vote for Gore who supports a radical abortion agenda which includes federal funding and partial-birth infanticide. Gore would, more likely than not, support Gay marriage and has the backing of Hollywood and the Pornography industry starting with Hustler publisher Larry Flynt. The Catholic vote, essentially, marched to the Democratic beat.