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Blacks Flee Blue States in Droves
29 Mar 2011 12:41 #6
by ScienceChic
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
Replied by ScienceChic on topic Blacks Flee Blue States in Droves
More likely is the effect of the Hispanic population growth, as it's growing the fastest (blacks are moving around in this article, but as a group not changing as much in terms of number of voters), and they are more likely to vote Democrat.
http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=132
The 2010 Congressional Reapportionment and Latinos
by Mark Hugo Lopez, Associate Director, Pew Hispanic Center, and Paul Taylor, Director, Pew Hispanic Center
1.5.2011
http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=132
The 2010 Congressional Reapportionment and Latinos
by Mark Hugo Lopez, Associate Director, Pew Hispanic Center, and Paul Taylor, Director, Pew Hispanic Center
1.5.2011
Hispanic voters are nearly three times more prevalent in states that gained congressional seats and Electoral College votes in the 2010 reapportionment than they are in states that lost seats, according to an analysis of Census data by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center. Based on averages reflecting congressional gains and losses, 15.2% of the eligible voter[1] population in states that gained seats is Hispanic, compared with just 5.4% of eligible voters in those states that lost seats.
With these reapportionment changes, Latinos likely will play a larger role in national politics in the coming decade. Two states that gained seats, Florida and Nevada, have been key swing battlegrounds in recent presidential elections (having voted for the Republican nominee in 2004 and the Democrat in 2008). In both states, Latinos are a growing share of eligible voters.
Overall, based on 2009 population estimates, Hispanics accounted for more than half (51%) of that growth.[2] However, because many Latinos are either too young to vote or are not U.S. citizens, not all of their population growth translates into immediate electoral strength. No matter what happens with immigration patterns in the future, the aging of the U.S. born Latino youth bulge ensures that the electoral strength of the nation's largest minority group will continue to grow in the coming decades. And much of that growth will take place in states that have gained congressional seats and Electoral College votes.
Wouldn't they be more likely to be moving for job opportunities, rather than for political reasons? According to the Bureau of labor Statistics, teenagers have the highest unemployment rate, followed by blacks. http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm I mean moving from one state to another doesn't affect how you vote, and people don't move in order to change whether a state votes Republican or Democrat, right?Nmysys wrote: I see it as an awakening of the African American community to the empty promises of the Democratic Party, or maybe it is just wishful thinking.
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
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