2020 election to test if Dems can draw multiracial coalition
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July 26, 2019
DETROIT (AP) — When Barack Obama was on the ballot in 2008 and 2012, there was no question that Terrance Holmes would vote for the first black president. But as he helped fix cars this week at a repair shop on Detroit's west side, he recalled his ambivalence about the 2016 campaign.
"I just didn't feel no reason to" vote, said Holmes, who is black and holds a second job at an auto parts factory.
The 34-year-old feels differently now as another election season begins. He hasn't paid much attention to the early Democratic primary and didn't know that two high-profile black candidates are running...
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