Season 2, Episode 8: Black Monolithic Voting

About this episode

The episode discusses the findings of the 2024 Black Values Survey and the complexity of Black voters' perspectives.

North Carolina Black Alliance was among the first organizations in the country privy to HIT Strategies’ 2024 Black Values Survey, a national look at registered and unregistered Black adults that put data behind the oft-repeated notion that Black voters are not monolithic. The research revealed five values clusters bookended by Black voters on opposite poles, from those who lean in to the struggle for civil rights to those with conservative mindsets whose views on race are neutral. Within those poles were Black voters with views somewhere in between yet distinct. The research ultimately underscored the complexity of the Black vote and why wise politicians shouldn’t take it for granted. Dig in to that in this installment of the “Closer to the People Podcast.”

Topics covered

• Black voting
• HIT Strategies
• Black Values Survey
• political diversity
• civil rights

Keywords

• North Carolina Black Alliance
• voting behavior
• political analysis

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