Republicans could have had a sizeable percentage of the black community, but consistently chose not to even try.
One example: school choice/vouchers is a huge winning issue in the black community. Has been for years.
Another example: neglect of the inner cities. Any real help is very few and far between, if at all.
But, as usual,...
Jack French Kemp already tried all of that; didn’t work for him and won’t work for Paul Ryan, Jebbie, etc.