Rev. Al Sharpton Political Strategy, and Relevance to Race in US

Reverend Al Sharpton has made himself a candidate for the democratic nomination for president of the United States. The Reverend has approximately 5% of the democratic vote behind in going into primaries, and has raised about 114,000 dollars for campaign money, which is not even a 10th of the next lowest contender, Bob Graham, who has raised 1.2 million in campaign money. Sharpton is the only black contender for democratic nomination, and therefore begs the question, is race an issue in his bid for democratic nomination, and would it be an issue in a presidential election?
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