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Why Do Black People Vote for Democrats? by The Atlantic

Why Do Black People Vote for Democrats?

from Good on Paper

by The Atlantic

Published: Tue Oct 22 2024

Show Notes

How is party ideology formed? Is it based on political strategy to garner the most votes? Or is it based on ideas and beliefs? The Georgetown professor HansNoel traces the shift from the Civil War to the civil-rights movement to understand how Democrats and Republicans seemingly flipped sides during the 20th century—and what that says about the parties today.

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