black voters

PARKER: Republican Party future depends on more black, brown voters

December 9, 2020 Star Parker

Big questions remain about what exactly happened in the 2020 election. I’ve been looking over history, compiled on the Statista website, of total votes cast in presidential elections compared with the number of eligible voters. […]

NC at center of black conservative rise

October 8, 2020 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — Last week profiled the life of Clarence Henderson, a black conservative who was a participant in the 1960 Greensboro Woolworth’s sit-in and, more recently, a speaker at the 2020 Republican National Convention. For […]

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As Harris pitches to black voters, some want to hear more

October 7, 2020 Kathleen Ronayne, Associated Press

RALEIGH — Standing before Sen. Kamala Harris at a campaign event near a Raleigh barbershop, Marcus Bass asked the Democratic vice presidential nominee a pointed question: How would she and Joe Biden convince young black […]

MATTHEWS: Joe Biden’s comments about black voters part of a troubling pattern of disrespect

August 11, 2020 Stacey Matthews, North State Journal

At a conference of Latino and black journalists last Tuesday, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden gave some rather eye-opening statements during an interview on what he saw as the differences in diversity between the […]

Courts make photo ID less likely in 2020

February 18, 2020 Gary Robertson, Associated Press

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s newest voter photo identification law seems flawed by “discriminatory intent” and should have been blocked months ago, a state appeals court ruled on Tuesday, creating another obstacle to implementing a […]

BARONE: Will Black Voters Keep Democrats From Going Too Far to the Left?

April 10, 2019 Michael Barone

Which of the two dozen or so Democratic presidential candidates is going to carry black voters next year? The answer to that question is likely to be identical to the answer to the question “Which […]