Why do 90% of black people vote for Democrats?

[giblets]

Why did 88% of white people in Alabama vote Republican? (source: http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/re...s/alabama.html)

If you cut out people who've moved in from other parts of the country, whites in the deep south vote Republican nearly as much as blacks vote Democrat.

The bulk of the South has always has always (except during transition periods) tended to have pretty uncompetitive elections with one party being vastly dominant. The same goes for people from the South of both races, they just support different parties.

This is less true in southern states that have less black people, like Arkansas and Tennessee. Only ~60% of white people vote Republican there.

[KrazyHorse]

Loling at the roles gribby and kuci are playing.

Both have valid points, of course.

[Whoha]

It is against their economic interest to vote republican. Blacks have little to gain, and a lot to lose from the end of the explosion in government hiring and social programs.

[giblets]

It is against their economic interest to vote republican. Blacks have little to gain, and a lot to lose from the end of the explosion in government hiring and social programs.

How does government hiring help the poor? Doesn't the government tend to hire people with college degrees?

[Whoha]

The government hires blacks(not necessarily poor) at a greater rate than their percentage of the population.

http://www.opm.gov/feorpreports/2003/feorp2003.pdf

[giblets]

The government hires blacks(not necessarily poor) at a greater rate than their percentage of the population.

http://www.opm.gov/feorpreports/2003/feorp2003.pdf

Half of the population of DC is black, and that's where a lot of the federal jobs are. However a strong preference for the Democratic party among blacks is a nationwide phenomenon.

[Whoha]

Hence they stand to lose the most economically from spending cuts.

[Guynemer]

How can one seriously ask this question in the wake of the Birther nonsense?

[Fake Boris]

Hence they stand to lose the most economically from spending cuts.

Are Blacks over-represented on Lockheed's payroll?

[Tupac Shakur]

What does "overrepresented" even mean?

[Fake Boris]

[Tupac Shakur]

I'm serious. Why should we expect the ethnic makeup of the Lockheed workforce to match the ethnic makeup of the US population?

[Fake Boris]

You don't have to expect that.

Though you might figure out that the statement "Blacks are more likely to suffer from spending cuts" is dependent on the target of such cuts.

[Tupac Shakur]

You don't have to expect that.

You must be expecting some sort of ideal ethnic makeup in order to use a term like "overrepresented." If you're not using the ethnic makeup of the US population, what are you using?

[Whoha]

Are Blacks over-represented on Lockheed's payroll?

I don't know about Lockheed(probably not), but I think that they are at nasa.