Survey: Fewer black women say that the Democratic Party 'best represents' their interests [View all]

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This is the third survey by the Black Women's Roundtable and Essence, a popular lifestyle magazine geared toward black women, and affordable health care was again the top issue for respondents. The survey, taken in July, is based on feedback from 1,247 women. Because respondents were a self-selected group, as opposed to a random sample, the results are not representative of black women across the country.

But the findings do mirror the discussions among black women involved in social and political activism, who have been critical of the party's focus on white voters who supported Trump.

"Black women have been the most loyal supporters of the Democratic Party, through thick and thin," said Avis Jones-DeWeever, an adviser to the Black Women's Roundtable. She said the party has focused more on wooing back "white male voters who have not supported the Democratic Party for 50 years" rather than "watering the garden in your own back yard."

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Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton got 94 percent of black women's votes in last year's election, the highest of any group of voters. In June, a group of black women penned an open letter to new Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez noting that he had met with other constituent groups but had yet to hold a session with black women.

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