Black Political Zone

Ron Walters, a political scientist at the University of Maryland, wrote a column in the Chicago Defender recently explaining the importance of the black vote in the recent midterm elections. He wrote:

National exit polls showed that Whites voted 51 percent for Democrats, to 47 percent for Republicans. By contrast, Blacks voted 89 percent for Democrats but only 10 percent in favor of Republicans. This is testimony to the sophistication of Black voters who not only are aware of their interests and vote accordingly, but who also withstood all of the voter suppression schemes to cast their ballots.

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