Arbitrage1980
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« on: August 18, 2016, 03:33:03 PM » |
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The black vote shifted to Dems during FDR and the New Deal. I think in 1956 Eisenhower got around 40% of the black vote. Nixon got 32% in 1960; JFK did well because he made that crucial phone call to Coretta Scott King, expressing his support for her husband who was jailed in Alabama and then worked for his release. The shift in black vote towards JFK made a difference in Illinois and several other key states. Since then, no Republican has done better than 14% with black voters (Reagan 1980). As a Republican, this is one of the things that bothers me the most.
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