Black Migration Jolts Electoral Math

Article (Sun Herald)

As of the 2000 census, 58% of blacks live in states that President George W. Bush won. Long term, the southward movement could make the Deep South competitive again for Democrats. But in the near term, black movement from closely fought states like Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania to Bush Country could prove costly to the party's presidential hopes. Says the article: "In the cold, hard calculus of [short-term] Electoral College politics, the Democrats have the majority of their most loyal constituents concentrated in states where, for all practical purposes, their votes for president won't matter." One possibility that this article doesn't posit: the southward move could eventually make more blacks vote GOP, our original political party.