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2024 Election If Only Black People Voted. Why Do Dems Struggle So Much in the South With Such Strong Black Support There?

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2024 Election If Only Black People Voted. Why Do Dems Struggle So Much in the South With Such Strong Black Support There?

BadmanDan@lemmy.world to Political Discussion and Commentary@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_African-American_population

Alabama has the highest support but only 1/4 identify as black. Republicans need 68% of the remaining votes.

Overall, 12.4% identify as black. That’s not much.

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