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Three reasons African-Americans are voting in record numbers for Republicans this year
Fox News.com ^ | November 6, 2016 | John Philip Souza IV

Posted on 11/07/2016 5:47:35 AM PST by Kaslin

Here’s the astonishing truth the media’s not talking about and Democrats refuse to believe — Donald Trump is getting more than double, and sometimes more than triple, the black vote Romney got 4 years ago.

Recent polling by Remington Research shows Trump getting 22% in Florida, Romney got 5 percent. In North Carolina, Trump’s getting 19%, Romney got 4 percent. Trump’s getting 22% of black voters in Wisconsin compared with Romney’s 6% 4 years ago. And in Pennsylvania, Trump scores an astounding 29% against Romney’s 7% share in 2012.

Nationally, Romney received less than 7% of the black vote in 2012. Even Trump’s worst numbers among African-Americans show him getting 19%, and some polls show him doing much better.

Even more exciting for Republican prospects, increasing black support is not confined to Trump. In Wisconsin, Ron Johnson has pulled even in his race for re-election to the U.S. Senate thanks largely to black defection from the Democrat party. A CNN poll shows Rob Portman getting 32% of non-white voters in Ohio, mostly African Americans. In North Carolina, a Quinnipiac Poll shows Richard Burr gets 24% of the ethnic vote, most of them African Americans.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: africanamericans; blacks; burr; florida; johnson; northcarolina; ohio; pennsylvania; portman; ronjohnson; trump; wisconsin
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1 posted on 11/07/2016 5:47:35 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Is this real? Honestly, if it is, this will not even be close.


2 posted on 11/07/2016 5:48:42 AM PST by chad_in_georgia
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To: chad_in_georgia

Yes, it is real. And I think Hispanics are going to surprise us too.


3 posted on 11/07/2016 5:49:46 AM PST by conservativepoet
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To: Kaslin

Bookmark.


4 posted on 11/07/2016 5:51:05 AM PST by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: Kaslin
Some of us right here on FreeRepublic have been predicting this for months -- even when Trump was allegedly polling in the single digits among black voters.

Various reasons for this have been posted:

1. Trump is an entertaining guy who appeals to a broad cross-section of voters.

2. "What have you got to lose?"

3. Variation of #2: Obama has been an unmitigated disaster for black Americans.

4. No self-respecting man of any race or ethnicity would ever vote for a screeching banshee like Hillary Clinton.

5 posted on 11/07/2016 5:51:56 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("Yo, bartender -- Jobu needs a refill!")
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To: Kaslin

Will the precinct captains change the votes to Clinton?


6 posted on 11/07/2016 5:52:40 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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To: Kaslin

How about the most obvious? The Democrat running isn’t black.


7 posted on 11/07/2016 5:52:47 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Kaslin

How about the most obvious? The Democrat running isn’t black.


8 posted on 11/07/2016 5:52:47 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: conservativepoet

I think the Hispanic vote is going to be a surprise to the National Media too.


9 posted on 11/07/2016 5:53:02 AM PST by MNJohnnie ( Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered)
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To: Alberta's Child

The GOPe’s “Big Tent” that they don’t want now because it goes against their donor’s interests. LOL


10 posted on 11/07/2016 5:54:31 AM PST by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: Kaslin
They expect white santa to not deliver the pony.

Now that black santa has stiffed them, they've stopped believing altogether.

11 posted on 11/07/2016 5:54:54 AM PST by rawcatslyentist (And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed,)
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To: Kaslin

Immigration, legal and illegal, is the main issue. Blacks are being hurt the worst by immigration. They are losing jobs and wages are being depressed.


12 posted on 11/07/2016 5:56:42 AM PST by kabar
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To: AppyPappy
Will the precinct captains change the votes to Clinton?Wherever possible.
13 posted on 11/07/2016 5:58:14 AM PST by Louis Foxwell ( Trump is the collective voice of 100 million F U Â’s.)
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To: Kaslin

From yourlips to God’s ears. I want this to be true. I pray for this to be true.I can’t stand the media spin and especially in Phila. where they ignore Trump completely. Go Trump. Taking them on allalone and hopefully winning.


14 posted on 11/07/2016 6:00:01 AM PST by DrDude (Tired of this old hag! Vote Trump.)
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To: conservativepoet

Trump has 42.5% of Latinos in the last poll. Democrats have run out of voting groups. Even the gays are turning to Trump.


15 posted on 11/07/2016 6:03:35 AM PST by struggle (The)
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To: chad_in_georgia

Do a quick YouTube search...something like “Black Trump Supporters,” and you will be amazed at how many videos come up. Posters like A.D. Bell, The Doctor of Common Sense, The Viewers View (the real-life sisters Diamond and Silk) are just a few. A user named Mark F has a FANTASTIC video featuring many black people supporting Trump.

This trend away from the Democrats’ plantation is truly encouraging! The MSM will never tell us what’s really going on, but there’s a growing number of black patriots who are fed up!


16 posted on 11/07/2016 6:03:52 AM PST by TXBlair (We will not forget Benghazi.)
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To: chad_in_georgia

The polling data he cites is real. The question, like all polling data, is whether the data is accurate.

The available evidence is that Mrs. Clinton will draw fewer Black voters to the polls than Mr. Obama. The data indicates that and it would logically follow that any non-black candidate would have less enthusiasm after Obama. He had an emotional connection with them, she does not.

Given a smaller turnout, it also follows that Mr. Trump, a non-traditional candidate, has an opportunity to appeal to larger slice of a smaller electoral demographic.

If Mr. Trump can exceed 10%, his task becomes easier. If it exceeds 20%, Mrs. Clinton’s task becomes much harder, which might explain why it seems she is trying to shore up “battleground” states and Mr. Trump is expanding into certain Democrat states like Michigan.


17 posted on 11/07/2016 6:04:01 AM PST by drop 50 and fire for effect ("Work relentlessly, accomplish much, remain in the background, and be more than you seem.)
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To: Kaslin

This was fun when little sites were reporting it. When Breitbart predicted it, kind of barely credible... but Fox News now actually saying “yes, Trump will do much better than Romney among blacks”. This is BIG


18 posted on 11/07/2016 6:06:47 AM PST by Viennacon
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To: rawcatslyentist

My family’s anecdotal evidence confirms this. Mr. RightField’s family, who were in the tank for Obama in 2008 and 2012, are now split 50/50. The older ones are the die-hard Obama supporters, but many of the under 50’s are in the Trump camp.


19 posted on 11/07/2016 6:07:45 AM PST by RightField
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To: drop 50 and fire for effect
It's not just a story of lower black turnout. It's a story of a lot of black voters supporting Donald Trump.

Trump was the first GOP candidate to point out that for black Americans, the Democrat Party is -- and always has been -- nothing more than a plantation.

20 posted on 11/07/2016 6:08:11 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("Yo, bartender -- Jobu needs a refill!")
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