When pundits talk about the Republican party’s troubles with the “nonwhite” vote, they usually mean the Latino vote. … Yet the nonwhite electorate contains another important problem for Republicans, one that has received less comment: the black vote.
Analysts may have ignored it because the GOP loses most African Americans anyway. That’s true, but it’s getting worse: The GOP’s margin of defeat among black voters increased in the last two presidential elections. This should worry Republicans even more than the Latino vote for a simple reason: African Americans hold the balance of power in more swing states. CONT.
Jay Cost, The Weekly Standard