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Black women key constituency for Democrats Harris, Warren

NEW ORLEANS - Regina Banks' favorite presidential candidate is Kamala Harris, followed closely by Elizabeth Warren.

Except when she prefers Warren, followed closely by Harris.

"It depends on what time of the day you ask me who I'm feeling," said Banks, 40, a policy analyst who lives outside Sacramento, Calif.

In this large Democratic presidential field, it is Harris, a biracial former prosecutor who straddles the party's moderate and liberal flanks, and Warren, a white ex-professor turned unabashed progressive, who are increasingly capturing the attention of Banks and other black women.

The candidates have taken distinct routes to appeal to this coveted group of voters. Harris, a senator from California, has leveraged past experiences such as being bused to school and joining a black sorority to form bonds with

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