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[–]VraiBleuScots Protestant, Ulster Loyalist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Sorry to be that guy but can I have a source for the claim that blacks were voting 70 percent republican in the 70's? That sounds insane to me.

I’m not sure when exactly this changed but there was a time until fairly recently where the US political spectrum was completely reversed. Republicans (I.e the party of A Lincoln, emancipation etc) were popular with more liberal voters in the North & Democrats in the more conservative, religious South. It was Democrats who instituted & upheld segregation policies for example, which is where boomercons get their ‘the demonrats are the REAL racists!’ bs from.

So it could be true but very misleading.

[–]literalotherkinNorm MacDonald Nationalism 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I looked it up too because he's been banned. It's just total rubbish. 82% of blacks voted for Carter in 76.

Your point about the shifting ideologies of the parties in America is right but his point about Blacks is total tosh.

[–]VraiBleuScots Protestant, Ulster Loyalist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks I tried looking it up but couldn’t find any results by race.

Maybe the switch happened more in the 60’s than the 70’s but there definitely was a time when blacks voted Republican, though as I said it doesn’t really help his argument because it was the parties that changed not the voters, blacks were still voting for their own interests & the same policies whether it was team blue or team red.