🃏Joker@sh.itjust.works to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agoWhy aren’t Black women in the conversation to lead the Democratic Party?19thnews.orgexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down110
arrow-up145arrow-down1external-linkWhy aren’t Black women in the conversation to lead the Democratic Party?19thnews.org🃏Joker@sh.itjust.works to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·16 days ago“Black women have long been regarded as the Democratic Party’s most loyal and consistent voting bloc.” Because even if black women all voted and all voted Democratic, they’re still only, what? 7% of the overall population. Total black population is 13.7% of the US: https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/RHI225223 Women make up 52% of the black population: https://blackdemographics.com/population/black-women-statistics/ 52% of 13.7 = 7.124%
“Black women have long been regarded as the Democratic Party’s most loyal and consistent voting bloc.”
Because even if black women all voted and all voted Democratic, they’re still only, what? 7% of the overall population.
Total black population is 13.7% of the US:
https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/RHI225223
Women make up 52% of the black population:
https://blackdemographics.com/population/black-women-statistics/
52% of 13.7 = 7.124%