Why don't Black America support more conservative candidates?

Question

Not only does History show that the right has been a far greater hero of Black and minority causes ans legislation but most blck americans support school vouchers and faith based initatives. Wasn't the first black presidential cabinet member Frederick Douglas,Under Lincoln? Who championed almost every equal rights and civil rights bills since the emancepation proclomation? Didn't MLK. say that blacks needed a hand up not a hand out, and social programs could steal his peoples right to democracy by seperating the social classes?
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I'm likeing the fact that every one is being civil so far on this.

Answer 1

Because liberals propose things that are negatively impacting blacks in a way that seems like it is assisting them. Other reasons is because some blacks are not aware of the negative impact because they are not educated in the information. Also, some prefer to have someone give them a fish for a day in lieu of teaching them how to fish which would help for a lifetime.

Answer 2

All I know is in speaking with some black co workers and friends, they really don't know why they vote Dem and vilify the Reps. It's mostly what they see on TV. A couple of times (not recently) I've reminded them that the Rep party was created for Lincoln, who wanted Emancipation, the Jim Crow laws were revoked by Reps and it was Reps in the 60's that pushed through the civil rights acts, which most Dems did not want. Also, if anyone brings up the War Between the States, I remind them that it was the rich Southern Dems that wanted to keep slavery, as they were the wealthy ones who could afford slaves. Most of the time I get glassy eyed stares, so I don't bring it up anymore.

Answer 3

You have made some excellent points. I have several black friends whose personal politics are conservative, but for some reason they don't translate the expectations of themselves to their culture on the whole.

I am confused about this topic as well. Herman Kane is an amazing black conservative. He has made millions in business and I WISH he would run for office. He is brilliant.

Answer 4

The political positioning of the two parties during the Civil Rights era. Starting in 1948.

In 1948, the Democratic party was divided into the Northern, pro-civil rights liberals and the Southern, pro-segregation conservatives. The South had been the base of the Democratic party for years. At the 1948 convention, there was a debate as to whether or not to include civil rights in the official platform. The delegates were divided on it. Eventually, Hubert Humphrey, a Senator from Minnesota, made a passionate appeal for the civil rights platform. They narrowly voted to include it in the platform. Many of the Southern Democrats walked out of the convention due to this, and formed the "Dixiecrats", nominating South Carolina Governor Strom Thurmond. The goal of the Dixiecrats was to take enough Southern states away from the Democrat, Truman, to make him lose the election, to punish the Democrats for adopting the civil rights platform. Many pundits thought Truman lost the election right then and there, but the adoption of the civil rights platform helped Democrats with black voters, and black voters went for Truman, which swung enough Northern states to Truman for him to win the election.

Fast forward to 1960. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts was the Democratic nominee. He took a moderate position on civil rights, but to appease Southern voters, he selected a Southern running mate, Lyndon Johnson of Texas. After Kennedy became President, he began to support civil rights legislation, and worked on legislation which would eventually become the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Kennedy was killed in 1963, so Lyndon Johnson was the one who eventually signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and therefore, got the photo-op. Southern Democrats felt betrayed. Johnson re-election in a landslide in 1964, but lost only the states of the Deep South, as angry Southern voters cast protest votes for Barry Goldwater.

1968. Richard Nixon is the Republican nominee and Hubert Humphrey, the very pro-civil rights Vice President is the Democratic nominee. Nixon sees an opportunity to get votes in the traditionally Democratic South. He takes a moderate stance on Civil Rights with his Southern strategy. And it works, Nixon carries many Southern states, and wins the election, but in doing so, turns off many minority voters, not just African Americans, and that sentiment continues to this day.

Answer 5

Wrong.

Because liberals like to promote a nanny state. Black America mostly lives, for a large part, in urban cities near, at, or below the poverty line. So the liberal platform appeals to them more.

Whether or not they are better off by voting for liberals is debatable.

Answer 6

The conservatives don't want to continue to give out handouts, they want people to be self sufficient, the dems continue to keep them down and dependent on them. I wish some of them would realize that. I say some because there are some blacks that follow conservatives and there are some black conservatives also.

Answer 7

There's an EXCELLENT book out for you to read... and EVERYONE, too... entitled, "He Talk Like A White Boy," by Joseph C. Phillips (See Amazon.com or your library!).... he's the actor who played Bill Cosby's son-in-law. He writes very well about all different aspects of his life and experiences, and how he's been "caught" between two "cultures." I think it should be mandatory reading for EVERYONE in America!

Read and enjoy!

Answer 8

Because the Democrats have done a better job of keeping them down and dependent on the hand that feeds them. As more break the circle, you will see more and more conservatives.

Answer 9

Because all the laws passed by conservatives attack directly their culture and way of life, which is by vast majority not lucrative nor full of opportunities. The ones that have been able to prosper have in one way or another done it by social programs that are supported by the liberal side. While the conservatives are kicking them down, the liberals are pulling them up.

Answer 10

You made awesome points!! I think you would be surprised at how many in the black community are conservative.