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Three nonprofits earlier this month released findings of a study that analyzes segments or values clusters within the Black community in three swing states that goes deeper than typical demographics.
The research in Michigan, Georgia and Pennsylvania was not conducted in support of any candidate.
Results of a national, four-year project to study the Black electorate show that while almost half (41%) of Black people believe in their collective power to drive change, another 22% are deeply cynical about politics and elections, and 18% are susceptible to this growing disillusionment because they are often overlooked by the political industry.
POWER Interfaith of Pennsylvania, New Georgia Project and Detroit Action Education Fund headed the effort.
“The political industry has often looked at the historical trend of the overwhelming majority of Black voters supporting Democrats and assumed that the Black electorate is a monolith or voting bloc that can be taken for granted,” the executive summary reads.