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HU/NNPA National Black Voter Poll: 90 percent of
Black Voters Said They Would Cast Ballots for Clinton
N
early 90 percent of Black voters
said they planned cast ballots for
Hillary Clinton, the Democratic
presidential nominee, according
to the 2016 National Black Voter Poll
conducted before the election.
National Newspaper Publishers As-
sociation (NNPA) partnered with How-
ard University to produce the 2016
National Black Voter Poll, the fi rst sci-
entifi c poll of Black voters conducted
during this election season.
“This is truly a historic occasion and
we are in a celebrated moment that the
largest and oldest Black trade associa-
tion representing Black-owned news-
papers joined with one of the most
prestigious historically Black colleges
in Howard University to present the
National Black Voter Poll,” said Ben-
jamin F. Chavis, Jr., the president and
CEO of the NNPA.
An overwhelming majority of those
surveyed (96 percent) said that they
plan to vote in the upcoming election
-- dispelling the perception that Black
voter turnout would decline, because
President Barack Obama is not on the
ballot.
When asked, “Do you think Donald
Trump is a racist?” 84 percent of re-
spondents said, “Yes.” The respondents
were not asked if they thought Hillary
Clinton was a racist or if they found her
trustworthy.
Terri Adams-Fuller, the associate
dean of the College of Arts and Scienc-
es at Howard University
said that the results of the
poll showed that African
Americans are actively
engaged in the political
process and that they are
aware of the issues that
are important.
Eighty-seven percent
of respondents said that
high quality education
was important to them.
The economy and jobs Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., the president and CEO of the NNPA,
(85 percent), race and ra- talks about the results of the 2016 HU/NNPA National Black Voter
cial justice (84 percent) Poll during a press conference at the National Press Club in
and income inequality Washington, D.C.
(82 percent) also helped
to shape their decisions about political fessor at Howard University and chief
economist at AFL-CIO, said that, the
candidates.
William Spriggs, an economics pro-
See POLL on page 10
FREDDIE ALLEN/AMG/NNPA
By Freddie Allen (Managing Editor,
NNPA Newswire)
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PHOTO: Survivors gather on high ground to watch the destruction of Vanport. May 30, 1948. Photo by Allen deLay (1915-2005) ©Thomas Robinson
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