I have not yet read the entire article, just bits and pieces from the responses. Why? Because last election - in Maryland - showed me that blacks - as a whole - will march lock-step with the Dem party no matter what that party does to them. I have written them off as ever voting for Republicans. Someone convince me I am wrong.
Someone convince me I am wrong...
...you are not wrong, and you won’t be wrong in that assessment for the foreseeable future...pity though it is...
You are right. What happened to Steele in MD settled that.
Blacks who experienced Jim Crow firsthand are getting older and no longer wield the political influence they once had. Younger black generations don't have personal experience with that. I've read that younger blacks do not feel as closely tied to the Democrat party as their elders and an increasing number are registering as Independents.
Also there is a growing black middle and upper class and they will vote their pocketbooks.
It will also be interesting to see what happens politically when blacks are definitely not the largest minority group nationwide as Hispanics will pass them. When Democrats start rampant pandering to Hispanics (which has already begun) and take the black vote for granted, that may ruffle feathers.