Politics
Are Republican Party candidates interested in black America?
theGRIO REPORT – In this election cycle, the Republicans’ efforts to court the black vote is nowhere to be seen…
In this election cycle, the Republicans’ efforts to court the black vote is nowhere to be seen. There’s nearly no evidence that GOP presidential candidates are even the least bit concerned with courting the black vote. A visit to their campaign websites reveals no direct outreach efforts, either to African Americans or Latinos.
Back In 2004, then President George W, Bush made some inroads with more conservative African-American voters by appealing to black evangelicals on controversial social issues like same-sex marriage.
Michael Steele (pictured), who was the head of the Republican National Committee from 2009 to earlier this year, drew attention for his focus on building the visibility of blacks in the Republican party. Aiming for the youth vote, he even turned to hip-hop to draw in a younger crowd. But his efforts likely fell on deaf ears.
