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Can Barack Obama help Hillary Clinton win the black vote?

Compared to 2008 and 2012, when Obama signs dominated the black community in Durham, Clinton's presence there is so light “you wouldn't even know there was an election,” says a Duke political scientist. "They aren't talking about it with enthusiasm for Clinton but in opposition to Donald Trump. If you're the candidate, you want people to be enthusiastic about you because it might affect turnout.”

Kerry Haynie in U.S. News & World Report

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On-campus early voting starts Oct. 27 at the Devil’s Den on Oregon Street. For more information about early voting in North Carolina, click here.

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