More on endorsements

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:01:37 -0500

All gubernatorial endorsements are not created equal.

Earlier, we noted that UNC-Charlotte Professor Ted Arrington is skeptical that Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue's rack of endorsements will help in the Democratic gubernatorial primary.

But there is one group—or rather a set of groups—that Arrington thinks could make a difference.

Those are the black voters' groups in each of North Carolina's major cities that routinely make political endorsements: The Raleigh-Wake Citizens Association, The Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People, The Simkins PAC in Greensboro and The Black Political Caucus of Charlotte-Mecklenburg.

That's because the groups generally have a good reputation in the black community and they work hard to inform voters.

"They will have people right outside the doors of the precincts with a marked ballot," he said.

Still, Arrington said the groups may choose to skip endorsements in the primary.

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