For most of the last 60 years in the United States, the Democratic Party has relied on black voters to pull its candidates for office over the finish lines of many a close election at the state, local, and federal levels. Research shows that this group represents a steadily increasing percentage of Democrat voters. Outside of the Democratic Party and its supporters, though, many have argued that Democrats have taken the black vote for granted. More and more, it does seem as though an increasing number of blacks are coming to the same conclusion. It’s a safe bet that Joe Biden will win the lion’s share of the black vote in the November presidential election. Still, two recent polls of black voters conducted in two crucial swing states indicate that the incumbent could be on track to notch up a historic achievement for a Democratic presidential…
