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kiva

(4,373 posts)
2. An excellent overview,
Wed Jun 20, 2012, 12:53 AM
Jun 2012

I'm bookmarking it.

The only thing I'd change is the point at which African Americans switched their allegiance to the Democratic Party - in 1936 FDR got 71 percent of the black vote, and by 1948 most African Americans self-identified as Democrats. http://www.factcheck.org/2008/04/blacks-and-the-democratic-party/ Given the suppression of the black vote in the south until the 1960s I think it's reasonable to argue that it's hard to really judge party identification, but I still go with the 1930s in lecture.

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also can we un-pin this for a bit to discuss it, then pin it? La Lioness Priyanka May 2012 #1
An excellent overview, kiva Jun 2012 #2
Thanks for your input RainDog Sep 2012 #4
Wow OvariesforObama Sep 2012 #3
My pleasure RainDog Sep 2012 #5
The short version $!$? mimi85 Apr 2013 #6
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