Video: Convention showcases minority speakers

>>> a little girl grows up in birmingham, the segregated city of the south where her parents can't take her to a movie theater or to a restaurant. but they have her absolutely convinced that even if she can'tburger a t the woolworth's counter, they are convinced she can be president or the secretary of state.

>> condoleeza rice 's speech at the convention, they made an effort to show case african-american voices. but african-american support for the gop continues to be low. joining me now, it is good to see you. it is good to look at the optics of this convention. it certainly is a show case for diverse cases, women, minorities, but many african-american women consider themselves to be conservative, when we look at social issues. however, it doesn't necessarily transfer to gop support.

>> yeah, thomas, good to see you, too. and that is absolutely right. there are polls that show a significant percentage of african-american women show themselves to be conservative on a lot of issues. there was a gallop poll in 2009 that showed a third of african-american women showed themselves to be conservative. when you look at gop party support, there is a little bit of disconnect, because only about 3% of african-american women are republican. a little more progressive on issues like jobs, education and health care . so it seems to be not so much the issue of the message, as the messenger, and what a lot of people in the community will tell you is that there is a perception problem, the perception that there is racially coded language and tactics often used. you can go back to recent things like the birther controversy, where a lot of african-american women feel there is hostility to the community. a lot of issues, they feel are they courted by the party, or do they feel like the party has ceded that vote to the democrats.

>> as we look at the candidates, how have they performed with the african-american candidates?

>> you know, we heard with the poll that mitt romney had zero percent support among the black voters, in 2008 , john mccain got support, but was up against the first viable african- american candidate for president, who did in fact become the first african- american president . so prior to that, what we've seen going back to 1984 , is about 10% of the vote going to the republican candidate. george w bush got about 11% in 2004 , and so we've seen about 10% going pretty far back. something i have seen in the numbers, bill clinton got 83% of the black vote, pretty much each time he ran, which was the lowest of a democratic candidate since 1984 , and he is often talked of as the most famous presidents in the african community. but some of his peers didn't do as well as they thought, so that is just a side note.

>> after the convention wraps up, it will be interesting to see the diverse faces that come out and support him. thank you.

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