Black men are shifting Republican, and Democrats need to wake up ‘Community Talk’

(Texas Democratic Party) – With many impactful races up and down the ballot in the upcoming Democratic and Republican primaries, partisan turnout percentages will serve as the first indicator of potential outcomes for the November general elections. Although Democrats haven’t won a Texas statewide office since 1994, data suggests Democrats are in fact inching closer and closer to flipping our beloved Lone Star state. To combat this proverbial “blue wave,” Republicans are working just as hard to keep the soon to be “battleground state” leaning in their favor and are incorporating a new strategy to quietly swing over a sleeping giant within the Democratic party base, Black men. Related Stories Not too long ago, Black Republican men were a mere handful of names we could easily identify: Former Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell, former Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele, and Dallas entrepreneur Comer Cottrell. Now, they are numbers. Numbers of a vast and diverse coalition, deciding between living in a “cold mansion with the Republicans or warm efficiency with the Democrats.” Today, Black Republican men include U.S. senator and former presidential candidate Tim Scott, a furniture maker turned Lieutenant governor of North Carolina Mark Robinson, and of course...