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In reply to the discussion: Ms. Sarandon, self-righteous liberals, Hillary Haters, all the rest, SEE what's happening TODAY? [View all]betsuni
(28,633 posts)era. But with Obama on the ticket, blacks developed not only a stronger Democratic identity but also turned out to vote in record numbers. .... When Obama ran in 2008 and 2012, black turnout was over 5 percentage points higher than it had been in any election on record. Obama's two campaigns confirmed research showing that African American's in-group identity -- their identification with blacks as a group -- impacts how they think and act in politics. Indeed, Barack Obama's extraordinary black support was concentrated among African Americans who expressed the most solidarity with other blacks. It was arguably unrealistic to expect similarly high levels of black turnout for a white Democratic candidate in 2016. That doesn't mean that Clinton was unpopular among African Americans. They were crucial to her victory in the Democratic primary, and throughout 2016, an average of 73 percent rated her favorably in both Gallup and YouGov polls."
Sides, Tesler, Vavreck, "Identity Crisis"
Went up five points for Obama, went back to usual in 2016. Not hard to understand.