“suddenly and permanently the black vote reversed itself in 1936 and FDR got over 70% and that was it.”
I wonder how he did that.
In a way, he was the “great White father” to both Blacks and Whites. My liberal mother-in-law glorifies FDR. Her husband loved “Uncle Joe.” Don’t misunderstand. These nice people aren’t Marxists or communists, just Democrats.
I’ve never heard of anything like it, that is a massive reversal of a huge national voting block, how did they all get the message at the same time and what was the message that was so clear to all of them at the same time?
There was no gradual shift, no growing awareness, no shifting perceptions, just a big BOOM and they all switched.
Supposedly FDR barely won the Protestant vote in 1936 and lost it in 1940.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22According+to+these+polls,+he+barely+carried+the+Protestant+vote+in+1936+and+actually+lost+it+in+1940.%22&num=100&safe=off&source=lnms&tbm=bks&sa=X&ei=6pC-UcOmJeGfyAGnj4HQCg&ved=0CA4Q_AUoAg&biw=1201&bih=770