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    For many black voters, 2020 isn't about pride or making history. It's about beating Trump

    by Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times Jun 16, 2019 5 minutes

    SELMA, Ala. - Catrena Norris Carter is a bundle of conflicting impulses.

    As a black woman, she's delighted with Kamala Harris' presidential bid. As a liberal activist, she's thrilled with Elizabeth Warren's groaning board of progressive policy proposals.

    But as someone consumed with defeating President Donald Trump, Carter is determined to think with her head, not her heart, and that cold calculation is pushing her toward Joe Biden among the crowded 2020 Democratic field.

    The former vice president may not excite her like some candidates. But he boasts one asset that, to Carter's mind, surpasses all others: As a white male firmly embedded in the political establishment, Biden - more than a female or black candidate - stands the best chance of winning the White House.

    "We really need to be taking the temperature of the entire country," said

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