The Faces of American Power...

[superunknown23]

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/02/26/us/race-of-american-power.html

 

[OsO]

Interesting...

 

[superunknown23]

The fact that we had to wait until 1989 to get a black governor elected is amazing, especially since there's 50 of them. Even that election was controversial: Wilder was winning comfortably in all the final polls, yet he needed a recount. Many white voters who supported him publicly still went against him in the privacy of the voting booth (it became known as The Wilder Effect).
My uncle worked on his campaign and that shyt made him real bitter.

We've only had 2 elected black governors in this country (Doug Wilder in VA and Deval Patrick in MA).
The Senate isn't much different with only 5 elected (Brooke, Moseley-Braun, Obama, Booker, Scott).
This only shows that Obama beat some crazy odds by winning the presidency. He's almost an accident

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

And that is what we're fighting against.

 

[hashmander]

 

[Birnin Zana]

The fact that we had to wait until 1989 to get a black governor elected is amazing, specially since there's 50 of them. Even that election was controversial: Wilder was winning comfortably in all the final polls, yet he needed a recount. Many white voters who supported him publicly still went against him in the privacy of the voting booth (it became known as The Wilder Effect).
My uncle worked on his campaign and that shyt made him real bitter.

We've only had 2 elected black governors in this country (Doug Wilder in VA and Deval Patrick in MA).
The Senate isn't much different with only 5 elected (Brooke, Moseley-Braun, Obama, Booker, Scott).
This only shows that Obama beat some crazy odds by winning the presidency. He's almost an accident

The bold is . Like you said, 50 states, and only twice was a black person elected.

Obama's election and re-election is clearly the exception to the rule. Wouldn't surprise me at all if we don't get another president of African descent in our lifetimes.

 

[mc_brew]

and the funniest thing is white people believe that even with these numbers, they are the ones getting the short end of the stick... know your enemy... he doesn't want some control... he wants complete and utter control of each and everything.... he wants no bread for you at all... not even a crumb... NONE!

 

[tmonster]

 

[Calmye]

Not one black Governor.
We need our own state brehs

 

[mc_brew]

Not one black Governor.
We need our own state brehs

off topic: but what state would that be.... i was thinking mississippi, because it is the state with the highest % of black people... yet, mississippi is so poor... i don't know if they have many resources.... but it would be great to have our own state....

 

[superunknown23]

off topic: but what state would that be.... i was thinking mississippi, because it is the state with the highest % of black people... yet, mississippi is so poor... i don't know if they have many resources.... but it would be great to have our own state....

Mississippi is about the last state that would elect a black governor (especially one who gets black support, i.e. not a c00n).
The state is too polarized racially (like the rest of the south): Democrats are mostly black and republicans are completely white.
In 2012, Obama won 95 percent of the black vote and Romney won 91 percent of the white vote... So Romney won the state 57-42 percent.

 

[theworldismine13]

shocking

 

[714562]

Interesting to note that none of the Jewish people in OP's chart are highlighted in yellow as minorities.

And yet Ted Cruz gets to be a minority.

 

[The_King_of_Everything]

Not surprised

 

[mc_brew]

Mississippi is about the last state that would elect a black governor (especially one who gets black support, i.e. not a c00n).
The state is too polarized racially (like the rest of the south): Democrats are mostly black and republicans are completely white.
In 2012, Obama won 95 percent of the black vote and Romney won 91 percent of the white vote... So Romney won the state 57-42 percent.

right, i get that... right now, just about no state would elect a black governor... hence, historically there have only been 2 or 3 black governors... i was talking about a state where a significant amount of blacks could move to and change the demographics... i picked mississippi because it currently has the highest % of black population... meaning it would be easier for a sizable number of blacks to move in and tilt the demographics to majority black....

but later for that trivial issue, what do you think about the idea of a black majority state? do you think it would be viable... which state would you think would be best for such a thing?