Anybody that thinks the black vote is splittable is nuts. Two cents or 6 pence.
THE BLACK VOTE- A MONOLITH IT AIN`T
% OF BLACK VOTE FOR JESSE JACKSON IN 1984:
ALABAMA 60
FLORIDA 62
GEORGIA 70
MAINE 57
RHODE ISLAND 66
ILLINOIS 74
CONNECTICUT 69
NEW YORK 89
WISCONSIN 70
PENNSYLVANIA 75
[AVERAGE= 69.2] SOURCE: Jesse Jackson's 1984 Presidential Campaign: Challenge and Change in American ... By Lucius Jefferson Barkere, P.136
A fact Jack.