Yes, Trump Won. Here’s What Happens Next

“Black Vote, Black Power,” a collaboration between Keith Boykin and Word In Black, examines the issues, the candidates, and what’s at stake for Black America in the 2024 presidential election. Buckle up, folks. We’re in for a bumpy ride.  Election Day is over, so I want to answer six big questions. What happened? How did it happen? Why did it happen? What could we have done differently? What does this mean for the future? And what do we do next? So, here we go. Question 1: What happened? Donald Trump won the presidential race. Republicans won control of the U.S. Senate. And we don’t know the outcome in the House yet. Question 2: How did it happen? The early exit polls show Trump’s three strongest groups were white men (59%), Hispanic men (54%), and white women (52%). In Georgia, it was even worse. One exit poll said that 69% of white women voted for Trump. Even after he took away their reproductive rights and was found liable for sexual assault, the majority of white women voters still chose patriarchy over their own liberation. On the other hand, Kamala Harris’s three strongest groups were Black women, Black men, and Latino women....