There's pretty much nothing they can do. The crushing poverty of African American communities helps make this a solid Democratic voting bloc, but the ties between African Americans and the Democratic Party extend beyond policy or economic indicators. Conservative African Americans vote for the Democrats. Hell, even wealthy African Americans consistently vote for the Democrats at extremely high rates.
Ultimately, I think social segregation is what keeps this such a solidly Democratic voting bloc. People are unlikely to vote for a political party that none of their family, friends, or neighbors vote vote for, even if some or most of their views align with that party. Most African Americans live in African American neighborhoods and have very few non-African American friends. They are also the second least likely group to marry outside of their race (after whites). They have their own culture, their own dialect, their own churches, mosques, and social institutions. Really, they live a world apart from White America and that's what makes it so difficult for the Republicans to make any inroads whatsoever with this voting bloc. When you hear Republicans (and many white Democrats, to be fair) talk about African Americans or African American issues, it's obvious to these voters that the politicians have no idea what they're talking about, and why should they?
And I don't think it's plausible for America to end the social segregation of African Americans anytime soon, but that's really an entirely different discussion.
That's one of the most ridiculous and racist statements Ive seen on this forum. Did you really just write that about they way YOU think Black people are?
"This ethnic group is real"
"THAT ETHNIC GROUP IS REAL???!!! HOW RACIST!" -- some southern guy who supports the constitution party
I mean everything I said is applicable to you white folks too. You tend to have very few non-white friends, rarely marry outside of your race, have your own culture, your own dialects, your own churches, mosques, and social institutions and largely live a world apart from Black and Brown America. It's less true about Asians and Hispanics because we're much less numerous, but it still holds true to some extent...
But this thread is about black voters so I didn't feel it relevant to mention. But social segregation is real. Admitting race exists isn't racist, and pretending otherwise is ignorant.
