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Or maybe they are voting Republican because their policies aee better for blacks, in the long term. Under Trump, blacks had record low unemployment rate, and lower-end wages increased for the first time in decades.[This post does not explain the low number of 4% of Blacks who vote Republicans]
I suggest that African American Republicans identify with the GOP to rupture two dominant narratives: (a) that African Americans affiliate politically based exclusively on the partisan affiliations of the previous familial generation; (b) and that the Democratic Party is the political home of African Americans.
Not sell outs, Uncle Tom's, or Aunt Jemima's: African American Republicans and their reasons for affliating with the GOP
Previous work on identification informed us that people desire to join groups that are perceived favorably by others and that enhance a person’s self esteem (Tajfel & Turner, 1986). However for one group, African American Republicans, this is not the case. African American Republicans often are...docs.lib.purdue.edu
Under Biden, blacks - like everyone - are suffering with high inflation, and watching as he welcomes in illegals who will take jobs away from them.
Blacks, and Hispanics even more so, are sorting to wake up.