Why is it said, 'HRC wins black vote in the south'?

[Equinox Moon]

Last edited Mon Mar 28, 2016, 12:54 PM - Edit history (1)

When I look up those states on Wikipedia, I see the ethnicity demographics listed and white is in the majority by double digits.

How can it be said she wins those states because she wins the black vote? Are their any states with blacks as the majority?

Has there been a recorded-tally process of votes in the south that showed black persons where the majority of voters in the south? That white voters were the minority voting democrat in these caucus' and primary's?

I truly do not like this grouping of ethnicity and gender overall and I question this meme of 'HRC has the black vote' as erroneous. Did she win south states for other reasons?

[SHRED]

1. Popcorn time

[LexVegas]

2. What "other reasons"? nt

[Equinox Moon]

12. That is part of the question...

...I would like discussed. What other reasons?

[GreatGazoo]

3. exit polls showed AAs going about 70 / 30 to Clinton

but there is also this:

[NWCorona]

4. White people aren't voting like the black population in the south

[snooper2]

5. based on who different demographics are voting for, next question....

[Skid Rogue]

6. Look up the...

ethnicity demographics of the Democratic Party down South. In Alabama, Obama only received 8% of the caucasian vote. Here, the caucasian vote is assumed republican. The poll workers even tried handing me and my partner republican ballots on primary day.

[AgerolanAmerican]

7. it's math

- Southern states have higher percentages of black people
- Almost all black voters are Democrats
- Thus if black voters overwhelmingly choose a candidate it's pretty much impossible for that candidate to lose

[Orsino]

8. Exit polling includes demographic data.

Ethnicity is one of the few questions asked, and that info does get used to draw conclusions, such as African-American voters leaning heavily toward Clinton.

[unc70]

9. AA are majority of Dems in some states

For example, in SC 55% of Democratic voters are black.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/south-carolinas-black-democrats-are-powerful-but-what-do-they-want/

The next largest "bloc" for Democrats in these Southern states is white women. The percentage of white men (like me) who vote Democratic is relatively small.

ETA That should be Democratic, not Democrat.

[TheDormouse]

14. "relatively small" = understatement nt

[Garrett78]

10. You have to look at the demographics of the Democratic electorate.

Not the demographics of each state's overall electorate. Persons of color make up a high percentage, though maybe not a majority, of the Democratic electorate in many states--not just those in the Deep South.

[Bread and Circus]

11. White voters in those states are mostly viting Republican in Republican primaries.

[onehandle]

13. If every eligible minority in the South voted in GEs, the GOP would be toast.

The South will be purple then blue in a generation.