A 5% swing or so in the African American vote sinks the Dems titanic like.
That and in Montgomery County MD, the Black Establishment abandoned the D’s and endorsed Steele’s bid because they perceived that they were not taken seriously by the Dems, and that they were frozen out of their “Seat at the Table”
Steele ended up losing, however the African American vote did move towards Michael Steele in MD by 7%.