If resistance to Republicans among the black community cannot be explained by ideology alone, then, what else can it be attributed to?
Another aspect is that for all the official efforts at black outreach among national Republicans, and attempts at racial sensitivity by elected officials, whenever the issue of race is in the news, there’s always a Republican or conservative media figure somewhere saying something off-putting.
What gets communicated to blacks is that a lot of Republicans are resentful toward them and dismissive of any complaints about modern day racism. When the Republican front-runner, instead of using the Harriet Tubman news as an opportunity to celebrate an American icon, takes the chance to slam “political correctness,” it’s one other incident that reinforces this impression.
