AA voters are very interested in AA candidates but that does not mean they are going to automatically support AA candidates.
Quite so.
Even Joe needs to watch his arse, because african-americans are still looking for a winner.
Take the example of Barack Obama who is semi-black. He did not start lifting off in the polls in South Carolina until he had scored big points in Iowa and New Hampshire, yet they knew that he was black before then. You have to be able to go the distance in their view.
There is a lesson there for Kamala. Looks sorta black. but not enough to get lots of black votes. You have to comport as a winner with a track record.
And a lesson for Joe as well. Don't be an idiot telling people you dont need to do well in the early states. Neither the blacks nor whites nor whatevahs want to hear that.
Probably the rules get relaxed quite a bit for VP which is just a showhorse position.