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Why Blacks Vote Blue, Again and Again
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Feb 6, 2025
#election2024 #blackexcellence #vote In the last two elections, at least 87% of the Black vote has gone to the Democratic Party. This is not a new trend. In this video, we discuss why Black voters overwhelmingly favor the Democratic Party, when that started, and if the trend will continue.
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black Americans have been a crucial
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constituency for the Democratic party
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for decades as we all know black voters
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overwhelmingly favor Democratic
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candidates in any County with a large
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black population you might as well
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pretty much automatically painted blue
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on maps every election season in the
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last presidential election 87% of the
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black vote went to the Democratic party
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and the one before that it was 89% but
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why do black people vote blue let's talk
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about the history of the black vote why
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the Democratic party is heavily favored
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when that Trend started and if that
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Trend will continue for the decades to
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come the allegiance to the Democratic
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party is deeply rooted in the struggle
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for civil rights and social justice but
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the black vote didn't always go to the
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Democratic party in fact black voters
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voted Republican for decades because of
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one very forgotten fact the Republican
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party was founded as an anti-slavery
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party but wait before you switch back to
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the Republican party let me tell you the
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whole story the anti-slavery stance
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wasn't one based on morality per se but
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one that aimed to limit the power of
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Southern States whose economy relied
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heavily on slavery even though there
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were some that were completely against
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slavery the Republican Party founded in
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the mid 19th century as an anti-slavery
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party initially garnered significant
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support from Black Americans Abraham
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Lincoln who was in fact the first
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Republican President issued the
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Emancipation Proclamation which played a
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crucial role in ending slavery during
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Reconstruction the Republican Party
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pushed for amendments and laws to ensure
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civil rights for newly freed slaves the
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significant shift in the black political
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allegiance began in the early 20th
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century and solidified during the Civil
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Rights Movement the New Deal programs of
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President Franklin D Roosevelt in the
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1930s which provided economic relief
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some economic relief during the Great
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Depression appealed to many black
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Americans despite their exclusion from
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some benefits due to segregationist
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policies this is the era when the Black
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vote moved from the party of Lincoln to
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the New Deal coalition the realignment
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accelerated in the 1960s with the
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Democratic party's support for civil
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rights legislation the civil rights
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movement of the 1950s and 1960s marked a
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critical period Democratic president
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London B Johnson played a pivotal role
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in passing the Civil Rights Act of 1964
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and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 these
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actions contrasted sharply with with the
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opposition from many Republicans and
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Southern Democrats leading to a
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significant shift in black voter loyalty
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to the Democratic party according to his
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Aid Bill Moyers President Johnson said
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quote I think we just delivered the
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South to the Republican party for a long
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time to come after signing the Civil
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Rights Act and he was right although
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race is not the only factor in the South
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turning Republican the Republican Party
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became a party about limiting the reach
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of the federal government and align with
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big business cultural War issues between
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now the progressive Democratic party and
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the Conservative Republican party meant
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especially white Evangelical Christians
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felt more at home with the Republican
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party but the shift didn't happen
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overnight this leads to the question of
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why the shift of the Republican party
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from Progressive to conservative was not
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enough to keep the mostly Baptist
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Southern black voters that are socially
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conservative African-American churches
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open their doors to President Bill
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Clinton back in the '90s
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and now they're welcoming Hillary
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Clinton Bernie Sanders is also hitting
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the platform with a surprise visit to
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Columbia's Brookland Baptist last Sunday
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that answer besides the Civil Rights Act
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lies in the social economic issues
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economic inequality remains a
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significant concern for black Americans
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who are disproportionately affected by
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poverty unemployment and wage gaps it is
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said that black voters are socially
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conservative and economically liberal
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will black voters ow always be blue
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there has been a growing movement in
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recent years to get the black vote to
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switch from democratic to Republican or
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at least not be automatically Democratic
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rapper Kanye West was a notable
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participant in this movement although
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it's unclear where he stands on that now
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quite frankly the Republican Party
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hasn't been present in Black communities
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across this country we still have our
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challenges without any question but
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we're getting it right a lot more than
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we're getting credit for the main
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argument this movement has is that the
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Democrat atic party has failed to
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deliver on many promises made to the
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very loyal black community although the
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Republican Party hasn't exactly laid out
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what the black vote will stand to gain
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by making the switch other than the
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argument of hey let's give this party
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another try if this movement is
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successful it will not be an overnight
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switch as political loyalty is difficult
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to turn because politics gets passed
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down from generation to generation just
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like religion so there you have it
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there's just a little history lesson of
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why blacks but Democratic at the current
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time if you made it all the way to the
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