How the ‘Obama effect’ helps Hillary Clinton, and hurts Bernie Sanders, with black voters

An op-ed by Michael Tesler, political science assistant professor, is featured in The Washington Post Feb. 16, 2016

From The Washington Post:
Michael Tesler, assistant professor of political science at UC Irvine, [writes]: Hillary Clinton has strongly embraced President Obama’s record. Campaigning as the one true defender of the president’s legacy, she mentioned him a whopping 21 times in last week’s Democratic debate, while chastising her opponent, Bernie Sanders, for criticizing the Obama administration.

For the full story, please visit https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/02/16/how-the-obama-effect-helps-hillary-clinton-and-hurts-bernie-sanders-with-black-voters/.