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BLACK POLITICAL VIEWS

2000 2002 2004

EXTREMELY LIBERAL

LIBERAL

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SLIGHTLY LIBERAL

MODERATE

SLGHTLY CONSERVATIVE

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CONSERVATIVE

EXTRMLY CONSERVATIVE

Source: University of California, Berkeley Survey Documentation and Analysis

07%

06%

12%

11%

12%

10%

45%

40%

44%

14%

12%

14%

10%

15%

10%

04%

06%

04%

Source: University of California, Berkeley Survey Documentation and Analysis

2004

KERRY(D) 88%

BUSH(R) 11%

NADER 0%

2000

GORE(D) 86%

BUSH(R) 11%

NADER 2%

OTHER 0.5%

1996

CLINTON(D) 93%

DOLE(R) 4%

PEROT 2%

OTHER 0.3%

1984

MONDALE(D) 86%

REAGAN(R) 12%

OTHER 0.4

1980

CARTER(D) 94%

REAGAN(R) 3%

ANDERSON 2%

1976

CARTER(D) 93%

FORD(R) 7%

1972

MCGOVERN(D) 84%

NIXON(R) 13%

OTHER 2%

Although 88% of African Americans voted for Democrat John Kerry in 2004, 44% consider themselves to have a moderate political viewpoint. Only 28% consider themselves liberal in their political views. Over the last 40 years Black Americans have consistently voted overwhelmingly for the Democrat presidential candidate. The most votes any Republican candidate received from Blacks since 1968 was George H. W. Bush in 1992 (21%). In 1980 Jimmy Carter received 94% of the Black vote against Ronald Reagan.

The Black Vote

Black presidentiol vote 1968-2004

2004 Black Political Affiliation

Black Politics

Alen Keyes

Shirley Chisholm

Source: University of California, Berkeley Survey Documentation and Analysis

Black Mayors

2007 marked the 40th anniversary of the election of the first black mayor of a big U.S city. In 1967, Carl Stokes was elected mayor of Cleveland and Richard Hatcher was elected mayor of Gary, IN. The following year Kenneth Gibson was elected mayor of Newark in 1970. Of the 100 largest cities in the country, 39 have had elected black mayors. In 2002, 57.1% of black mayors served in cities that did not have a black majority population. By 2007, that number has dropped to 40.4%.

Of the 10 largest cities in the country, six have had elected black mayors

1. New York (David Dinkins)

2. Los Angeles (Tom Bradley)

3. Chicago (Harold Washington)

4. Houston (Lee Brown)

6. Philadelphia (Wilson Goode, John Street, Michael Nutter)

9. Dallas (Ron Kirk)

Non majority black cities that lost Black mayors between 2002 and 2007

Houston, TX

San Francisco, CA

Denver, CO

Arlington, TX

Toledo, OH

Jersey City, NJ

Rochester, NY

Chesapeake, VA

Des Moines, IA

Dayton, OH

Oceanside, CA

Paterson, NJ

Hampton, VA

Fayetteville, NC

Beaumont, TX

Carson, CA

Kalamazoo, MI

Eden Prairie, MN

Sarasota, FL

Evanston Township, IL

Evanston, IL

Oakland, CA

Daytona Beach, FL

Lancaster, CA

Dayton, OH

Saginaw, MI

Pontiac, MI

East Orange, NJ

Irvington, NJ

Detroit, MI

Jackson, MS

Miami Gardens, FL

Pine Bluff, AR

Birmingham, AL

Albany, GA

Southfield, MI

Monroe, LA

Baltimore, MD

Mt. Vernon, NY

Memphis, TN

Wilmington, DE

Savannah, GA

Shreveport, LA

Baton Rouge, LA

Atlanta, GA

Cleveland, OH

Portsmouth, VA

Newark, NJ

Trenton, NJ

Washington, DC

Richmond, VA

Mobile, Alabama:

88.5%64,270Robert Bowser

85.4%

53,926

Wayne Smith

82.7%713,777Dave Bing

79.4%

173,514

Frank Melton

76.3%107,167Shirley Gibson

75.6%

49,083

Carl Redus

73.4%212,237 Mayor William A. Bell, Sr.

71.6%

77,434

Willie Adams, Jr.

70.3%71,739Brenda Lawrence

63.9%

48,815

James Mayo

63.7%620,961 Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

63.4%

67,292

Clinton Young

63.3%646,889A C Wharton, Jr.

58.0%

70,851

James M. Baker

55.4%136,286Otis S. Johnson

54.7%

199,311

Cedric B. Glover

54.5%229,493Melvin "Kip" Holden

54.0%

420,003

Kasim Reed

53.3%396,815Frank Jackson

53.3%

95,535

Kenneth Irvin Wright

52.4%277,140Cory A. Booker

52.0%

84,913

Tony F. Mack

50.7%601,723Vincent C. Gray

50.6%

204,214

Mayor Dwight C. Jones

50.6%195,111Sam Jones

Hempstead, NY-Village

Camden, NJ

Youngstown, OH

Cincinnati, OH

Philadelphia, PA

Inglewood, CA

Durham, NC

Greensboro, NC

Buffalo, NY

Tallahassee, FL

Compton, CA

Jacksonville, FL

Columbus, OH

Alexandria, VA

Sacramento, CA

Asheville, NC

Wichita, Kansas

Lynwood, CA

48.3%53,891Wayne Hall

48.1%

77,344

Dana L. Redd

45.2%66,982Jay Williams

44.8%

296,943 Mark Mallory

43.4%1,526,006 Michael A. Nutter

42.9%

109,673 James T. Butts

41.0%228,330 William V. Bell

40.6%

269,666 Rashad Young

38.6%261,310Byron W. Brown

35.0%

181,376

John Marks

32.9%96,455 Eric Perrodin

30.7%

821,784 Alvin Brown

28.0%787,033 Michael B. Coleman

21.8%

139,966 William D. Euille

14.6%466,488Kevin Johnson

13.4%

83,393

Terry Bellamy

11.5%382,368Carl Brewer

10.3%

69,772

Louis Byrd

Black Mayors of Cities with 50,000-plus Population

Majority Black Cities %Black City Pop Mayor Name

Non-Majority Black Cities %Black City Pop Mayor Name

Perhaps the introduction and prevalence of the Black mayor has helped America become more comfortable with Black politicians in positions of major leadership. In 2002 there were 49 Black Mayors of cities with populations of more than 50,000 only dropping by six in 2011

Michael A. Nutter

Mayor of Philadelphia

Black Statewide Elected Officials, 2002 - 2007

YEAR

FEDERAL

JUDICIAL

UNIVERSITY TOTAL

& ADMIN

SUPREME APPEALS BOARD

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Source: Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies (Washington, DC), Black Elected Officials Roster

On November 4th 2008 The United States of America elected its first Black President Barack Obama. Many have attributed his win to a huge increase in the African American vote. However, it took a shift of voting patterns in all demographics being that the Black population is only 13% of the nation. Actually the Black vote (which voted 95% for Obama) increased to 13% of the total vote, up from 11% four years earlier. 43% of whites voted for Obama up 2% from 2004. Hispanics 67% up 14% from 2004 and all others were up more than 10%. These changes combined to thrust Obama into the presidency. More Black women voted than Black men and they voted more for Obama by 1%.

White

African-American

Latino

Asian

Other

(74%)-(77%)

43%

41%

55%

58%

(13%)-(11%)

95%

88%

04%

11%

(09%)-(08%)

67%

53%

31%

44%

(02%)-(02%)

62%

56%

35%

44%

(03%)-(02%)

66%

54%

31%

40%

% of total vote

(04)-(08)

Obama Kerry04 Mcain Bush04

White Men

White Women

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Black Men

Black Women

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Latino Men

Latino Women

All Other Races

(36%)

41%

57%

(39%)

46%

53%

(05%)95% 05%

(07%)96% 03%

(04%)

64%

33%

(05%)

68%

30%

(05%)

64%

32%

America's First Black President

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Voters By Race

By Race & Sex % of total vote Obama Mcain

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1994

CLINTON(D) 91%

BUSH(R) 6%

PEROT 3%

OTHER 0.2%

1992

CLINTON 91%

BUSH 6%

PEROT 3%

1988

DUKAKIS(D) 76%

BUSH(R) 21%

OTHER 2%

1968

HUMPHREY(D) 88%

NIXON(R) 11%

WALLACE 1%

Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

Mayor of Baltimore

Population figures from 2010 US Census

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and mayor

of Atlanta

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Population figures from 2010 US Census

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African Americans have a history in both major political parties of the United States. After the Civil War almost all Black Americans considered themselves Republicans. It was the Republican Party that was started by abolitionists and of course the party of President Abraham Lincoln. It was the Southern Democrats who strongly opposed any rights to Blacks at the time.

Things began to change during the "Great Depression" of the 1930s with Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. The New Deal was a program that helped disadvantaged and minority communities. This persuaded more African Americans to vote Democrat. During the Civil Rights Era the Southern Democrats break from the party

forming the Dixiecrat Party and eventually moving to the Republican Party. By this time the majority of Blacks had become Democrats. By 2004 only 7% of African Americans considered themselves Republicans.

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BLACK POLITICAL AFFILIATION

2000 2002 2004

Strong Democrat

Not Strong Democrat

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Independant Near Democrat

Independant

Independant Near Republican

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Not Strong Republican

Strong Republican

Source: University of California, Berkeley Survey Documentation and Analysis

38%

36%

38%

21%

26%

29%

12%

09%

11%

18%

21%

13%

05%

02%

04%

02%