The Democratic Party Just Lost 11 Points With Black Voters. Nobody Should Be Surprised.

New polling shows Black Democratic identification dropping sharply in 2026, with economic anxiety and generational change driving more Black voters toward independent status — a shift Marcus Hart has been writing about since UNJ’s founding.
The Voting Rights Act Is Dead in Everything But Name: What the Supreme Court’s Callais Decision Means and What Black America Does Now

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