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From the 1960s on, African-Americans have been one of the Democratic Party’s most important political constituencies. Black voters have offered nearly unwavering support to Democratic candidates. For the Democrats, it has been easy to maintain this relationship by taking credit for good deeds, and blaming the Republicans for trying to reverse the gains of the 1960s during the 1980s.
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Harris, D. (2019). Doubting the Democrats: Current Disenchantment and Political Futures. In: Black Feminist Politics from Kennedy to Trump. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95456-1_5
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