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On the recordSeptember 7, 2011
I would like to ask you as well, do you not note that the people we are talking about by and large, whether African American, poor, elderly, and such, are generally inclined toward voting on the Democratic side?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin highlights demographic voting trends favoring Democrats.

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