Where are Black Moderates?

posted by Shay Riley on July 2, 2024 - 9:25am

The last poll done by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a think-tank that specializes in mapping black public opinion in America, shows that 40% of all black Americans identify as moderate. Thirty-three percent of black Americans identify as liberal and 27% as conservative. If a plural majority identifies as moderate - and is thus arguably the ‘black political consensus’ - then why are black moderates not a major force on the Internet and in politics, with people debating the merits of our views and strategies? Indeed, it appears as though moderates are a silent plural majority in Black America.

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