Newcomers, Outsiders, and Insiders by Hero Rodney E.;Schmidt Ronald;Aoki Andrew L.;Alex-Assensoh Yvette M.;

Author:Hero, Rodney E.;Schmidt, Ronald;Aoki, Andrew L.;Alex-Assensoh, Yvette M.;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Black Electoral Influence

Among the ethnoracial minorities, up to now Blacks have been the most successful in translating their electoral resources into electoral influence, followed by Latinos and Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. While Blacks have not maximized electoral resources, and while their influence on public policy is quite diminished (see chap. 6, this vol.), electoral participation has been the cornerstone of Blacks’ political incorporation efforts since the late 1960s.

Blacks have turned their resources into electoral power by (1) registering and turning out to vote at levels sometimes approaching or in excess of their percentage of the population and (2) largely voting as a consistent and cohesive bloc, primarily aligned with liberal social spending and economic policies and the Democratic Party. Concerning registration and turnout, the percentage of White and Black registrants are similar. There are few differences in registration and turnout between citizens and total population, illustrating the smaller impact that Black immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean have had on national Black registration and turnout patterns.

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