why is the black belt depopulating in a Racialy Skewed Manner ?

[Secretary of State Liberal Hack]

The blackbelt in the south is one of the few democratic rural regions due to it's majority african American population. However democratic margins in them have been eroding especially in the counties with very narrow democratic majorities due to depopulation in particular with African Americans leaving those counties. Biden for example lost the majority black Burke County that Clinton had won in 2016 due to loss of it's African american population.

Why are they getting whiter ?

[Born to Slay. Forced to Work.]

I live in one and usually African-Americans are leaving for economic opportunities in bigger cities. Whites are staying largely as they already have economic interests there (businesses, farms, etc.)

[Secretary of State Liberal Hack]

I live in one and usually African-Americans are leaving for economic opportunities in bigger cities. Whites are staying largely as they already have economic interests there (businesses, farms, etc.)

Interesting, how socially integrated are those areas today? Your comment seems to imply that whites in the black belt tend to be in a better economic position than African Americans, how come this has still peresisted ?. Are local politics in those areas just as racialy polarized as they are on a federal level ?

[DINGO Joe]

I mean, it's not new it's been going on for a century or more at this point.  Blacks never owned the land and as farming became more driven by machines than labor, they left and will continue to leave.  However, while they once streamed north, they now go to population centers in state and not just the big ones but even smaller ones along the interstates highways.

[Roronoa D. Law]

Almost all black belt counties are losing population to people moving to the cities. The reason it racially skewed is that white people are moving in. Places like Peach GA, Franklin NC, Chester SC, and Marshall MS trended Republican because of suburban/exurban growth. Places like Greene GA, Mccormick SC, Clarendon SC, and Pasquotank NC trended Republican because of waterfront property.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Burke, GA likely flipped because of exurban growth near Augusta.  The same phenomenon is probably going to flip Haywood, TN and Marshall, MS in the next couple cycles.

[Tartarus Sauce]

Burke, GA likely flipped because of exurban growth near Augusta.  The same phenomenon is probably going to flip Haywood, TN and Marshall, MS in the next couple cycles.

None of those three counties are actually growing in population, they declined this past decade.

[Born to Slay. Forced to Work.]

I live in one and usually African-Americans are leaving for economic opportunities in bigger cities. Whites are staying largely as they already have economic interests there (businesses, farms, etc.)

Interesting, how socially integrated are those areas today? Your comment seems to imply that whites in the black belt tend to be in a better economic position than African Americans, how come this has still peresisted ?. Are local politics in those areas just as racialy polarized as they are on a federal level ?

Socially it’s very segregated. Usually whites go to different churches, stores, etc. then blacks. It’s not wholly separate (expect for churches) but usually you have gas station, restaurants, grocery stores that’s mostly for black people and those mostly for whites. There’s no law against it, and blacks historically desired to form a sense of community in areas of racial oppression so they can better fight back against it. Whites and blacks in the south also have different cultures and social expectations/norms so they tend to segregate out. Politically it’s almost always on racial lines. Take a black belt County and add 5% to the black population and you’ll get an average foe the democratic vote there.