please, explain your comment
It's because that vicious Republican Albert Gore Sr. voted against The Civil Rights Act of 1964. (;>)
I am talking about the commonly held view in conservative circles is that the African-American switch to the Democratic party has nothing to do with the fact that conservatives were at best MIA or at worst opposed to the Civil Rights movement.
William Buckley (the conservative scholar) was opposed to civil rights legislation (he later regreted it), while Goldwater voted against Civil Rights legislation.
Many African-Americans are natural conservatives, but they still need to overcome a suspicion of the conservative movement.
It is insulting to suggest that African-Americans vote Democrat simply because they have been bought over.