Mother Jones
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As part of his touching remarks about Black History Month this morning, President Trump boasted that he “ended up getting substantially more” of the African-American vote than past Republican candidates. Glenn Kessler briefly picks this apart here, but everything is better with a chart. So here’s a chart. It shows the share of the black vote since 1972 for Republicans running against white Democrats:
Trump really kicked ass, didn’t he?
Excerpt from:
Chart of the Day: Here’s How Trump Really Did Among Black Voters