we can update those numbers with something more precise. the margin is roughly the same because the concept is just shifted, but there is a conceptual error in the previous post as a consequence of the confusing language; it's 40% of all voters that voted clinton and were black, not 40% of her voters that were black. i did it right the first time if you go back and look...
this is the correct and more up to date math. it's the same conclusion, which is what i pulled out intuitively and then sat down to actually calculate, but the numbers are bigger because they represent correct proportions.
clinton in 2016:
(61% of all voters were black)*(86% voted for clinton) = 52.46% of all voters were black and voted for clinton.
373,063 total votes were cast. so, she got 195709 black votes. roughly.
this is the correct and more up to date math. it's the same conclusion, which is what i pulled out intuitively and then sat down to actually calculate, but the numbers are bigger because they represent correct proportions.
clinton in 2016:
(61% of all voters were black)*(86% voted for clinton) = 52.46% of all voters were black and voted for clinton.
373,063 total votes were cast. so, she got 195709 black votes. roughly.
biden in 2020:
(56% of all voters were black)*(61% voted for biden) = 34.16% of all voters were black and voted for biden.
527,728 total votes were cast. so, he got 180272 black votes. roughly.
(56% of all voters were black)*(61% voted for biden) = 34.16% of all voters were black and voted for biden.
527,728 total votes were cast. so, he got 180272 black votes. roughly.
that's a decrease of 15000 votes. roughly.
....amidst a huge increase in turnout, and what i believe is substantive population growth.
where did all of the new votes go? well, sanders went down, too.
they appear to have gone to the lower candidates. so, i may have been on to something, it just didn't catch critical mass.
where did all of the new votes go? well, sanders went down, too.
they appear to have gone to the lower candidates. so, i may have been on to something, it just didn't catch critical mass.