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Thursday, November 14, 2019

The year the black vote switched: Will 2020 be 1936 in reverse?

In 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt lost the black vote overwhelmingly, receiving just 21% support from black Americans in Chicago (there were no national polling organizations).

Such a loss was understandable, considering that the Democratic Party was the party of slavery and the party instigating segregation in the South. Moreover, the Democrats had made it clear that black Americans were unwelcome in the Democratic Party. In fact, Roosevelt, as undersecretary of the Navy, had actively assisted in President Woodrow Wilson's resegregation of the military.

Roosevelt had even used the n-word in personal correspondence. Or, as Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. put it generously, Roosevelt “was fairly conventional in his racial attitudes.” Not surprisingly, there had never been any black Americans serving as delegates or alternate delegates to the Democratic National Convention.

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11 comments:

Anonymous said...

SO, WHY do Blacks keep siding & voting with Demon-crats?

Wake UP people !!!! Wake UP

Very Sad said...

Unfortunately, it's because of all the Government handouts

someone gets you pregnant....you get a monthly check over 400.00, EBT CARDS, GOVERNMENT HOUSING...

some vote for their needs...

Anonymous said...

Republican is the ONLY Party / Democrats are TRAITORS

Anonymous said...

All the Good people who are Black need to vote Republican !
Stop being fooled by the Demon-crats !!! Enough

Don't forget Who the KKK were , it was Them !!! Fact

Anonymous said...

I’ll be voting for Trump #walkaway

Anonymous said...

Remember > KKK = Democrats Don't ever Forget !!!

Anonymous said...

KKK has been Disrobed 2019

Found in those Hoods were : Pelosi /Schiff / Schumer/

Adler / Hillary / Clapper / Comey / & ALL other Democrats

Anonymous said...

BLACKS >> WAKE UP They are Your Opressors Not the

Republicans !!!! Learn some History !!!

THEY were your Slave owners & KKK for years !!! Fact

Anonymous said...

MAGA Vote REPUBLICAN for TRUMP !!! 2020

Anonymous said...

Don't let the Demon-crats divide & conquer America anymore !!
Blacks & Whites need to stick together & Keep Trump IN !!!

We all can see Right from Wrong > get Dirty Dems OUT !!!

They are NOT above the Law !!! Clean up the SWAMP !!!

Anonymous said...

A vote for Trump in 2020 is a vote for US incl YOU !!!

He has Proven his track record for America , what more
proof do you need ??

Not Rocket Science !!!