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2016 Postmortem

mythology

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3. Black voters overwhelmingly vote for Democrats across demographics

Reply to HoneyBadger (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 26, 2016, 12:21 AM

Dec 2016

Gore won 90%, Kerry won 88%, Obama won 96% in 2008, 93% in 2012 and Clinton won 88%. Black voters were about 13% of the electorate in 2016. They vote overwhelmingly for Democrats over time.

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