But the rest of the south would vote for him in a big way provided he is the only black candidate running.
Even if that were true, it seems rather unlikely that he’d be the only black running. I mean, Booker campaigned for Clinton in IA, NH, and SC during the ’16 primaries, then spoke to both the IA and NH delegations at the convention, and said in an interview about New Hampshire:
https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=233345.msg5411830#msg5411830How much more obvious can he be about his intentions?