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  • Change in the black political landscape

    11/06/2002 11:31:10 AM PST · by Tumbleweed_Connection · 69 replies · 235+ views
    TownHall ^ | 11/6/02 | Armstrong Williams
    For the past 50 years, black voters have sworn a loyalty oath to the Democratic Party. That's all changing now. According to a recent opinion poll by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, young black Americans are breaking from traditional voting patterns on issues no less pervasive than Social Security, educational quality, vouchers and federalism. The study also indicated that, over the last two years, support for the Democratic Party has dropped 11 percent amongst black voters. During that same period, black support for the Republican Party has more than doubled, from 4 percent to 10 percent. Though...