Obama supporter in New York subway

Obama supporter wears homemade T-shirt in New York subway one day after Obama clinches nomination. Photo by Naomi Ishisaka

The primaries are over, Obama may be the first black president – what does it mean to you?

With the primary season finally coming to a close, the first African-American to be a major party nominee may become president. What does this historic election mean to you? Have you participated in the campaign? Have you participated in politics before? Do you plan to be involved in the general election campaign? What did you [...]

ColorsNW – A lesson in not taking success for granted?

As I tried to contact the Clinton campaign last week to get press access to her rally on Thursday, I was surprised to find that Washington State was not even listed on her Web site in the list of states you could contact for more information about volunteering, meeting other supporters, etc. This was two [...]

ColorsNW – Superdelegates a lesson in importance of civic engagement

In reading a New York Times story about the pivotal role in the election for superdelegates, I saw this statement:
Superdelegates, created in 1982, were intended to restore some of the power over the nomination process to party insiders, tempering the zeal of party activists. About 15 to 20 percent of the delegates at Democratic conventions [...]

ColorsNW – Dispatch from Precinct Caucus – Rainier Beach

Submitted by Naomi Ishisaka, Seattle -
Our caucus met at Rainier Beach High School in South Seattle where a very diverse group of many hundreds of people packed into a stuffy, hot lunchroom to caucus for their candidate of choice. While there were many, many Obama supporters, there were also a number of Clinton supporters as [...]

ColorsNW – Election Night Blogging – Final Results

Adding to Obama’s rout in overwhelmingly white, rural states: Alaska. Obama – the only candidate to set up a campaign office in the state – won Alaska decisively. – Naomi Ishisaka

CNN calls Alaska for Obama, and an Obama aide sends in this picture of his Arctic supporters at the Whaler’s Memorial beside the frozen Chukchi [...]

ColorsNW – Election Night Blogging – Final Results

With California going to Clinton, many pundits and headlines are emphasizing Clinton’s win in the Golden State. With so many delegates at stake and Democrats’ proportional representation system, Obama and Clinton are effectively tied in the delegate count. This will make Washington’s Saturday caucuses critical.
Consequently. the organizers of the Obama watch party announced tonight that [...]

ColorsNW – Election Night Blogging – First results

Regarding the California exit polls, it is going to result in a lot of soul-searching in communities of color if these demographic trends hold up. Are our communities really this divided?
Small, lily white states appear much more willing to elect a Black president than Asians and Latinos. Idaho, Nebraska, Utah, North Dakota – all electing [...]

ColorsNW – Election Night Blogging – First results

California Exit Polls:
81 percent of Black voters – Obama
61 percent of White voters – Obama
66 percent of Latino voters – Clinton
73 percent of Asian voters – Clinton
This breakdown is fascinating. Could it be that Asians and Latinos are responsible for the defeat of the first fully viable president of color in the history of the [...]

ColorsNW – Election Night Blogging – First results

Photos from Taphouse Obama watch party. – Photos by Naomi Ishisaka

Chelsea Waliser Obama campaign state director