“Why Joe Biden Is Bleeding Black Help” was the headline of a New York journal article in late January. Not whether or not, however why. And if the polling since then is indicative, the hemorrhaging continues.
Blacks have been throwing some 80% of their help to Democrats for the reason that late Sixties. Since President Obama left workplace, nevertheless, the occasion’s grip on this key voting bloc has loosened considerably. Hillary Clinton’s underperformance amongst blacks in such swing states as Pennsylvania most likely price her the presidency in 2016, when folks in closely black neighborhoods voted extra Republican than they did in 2012.