A few people chatted over lunch nearby while he insisted that he didn't want to be the voice for black people. But he told me what he thought, personally. We've been left out of the discussion this year for strategic reasons. Most people I talked with were voting for Gore simply to keep Bush out of office. The few who knew of Ralph Nader had no opinion on his relevance to the black community.
Republicans are for the rich.
Gore-supporter Carl Patton really doesn't want Bush to win the election. He's convinced all the strides made during the past eight years would be reversed. You can just tell the country is doing so much better now, and black people have more opportunities than ever. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. He'll be waiting a long time, predicted Jamal Nelson, a recent Southern Connecticut State University graduate in political science and Bush campaign staffer.