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Integration, Youth, and the Decline of Black Democrats

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Eric Kaufmann
Dec 15, 2020
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Integration, Youth, and the Decline of Black Democrats

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One of the surprises of the 2020 election was the increase in Trump vote share among minorities. In fact, Figure 1 shows that there has been a rising trend in the exit polls since 2012 in favor of Republicans. For the black vote, the rise has been continuous since Obama’s second term began in 2008. In that year, just 4 percent of African-Americans voted for John McCain. This year, 12 percent of blacks voted for Trump. What explains the rise? Will it continue?

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