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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ayanna Alexander and Gary Fields

Black support for GOP ticked up in this year's midterms

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

Black voters have been a steady foundation for Democratic candidates for decades, but that support appeared to show a few cracks in this year’s elections.

Republican candidates were backed by 14% of Black voters, compared with 8% in the last midterm elections four years ago, according to AP VoteCast, an extensive national survey of the electorate.

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