What is the affiliation between the political orientation and the race in the U.S?

What is the affiliation between the political orientation and the race in the U.S?

I have become preoccupied with this question since the last election in the U.S. A.  Before that, I believed that political debates in this country are all about social policies, class, the international stand of each lead nominee of the two parties and narrowly liberal values. However, with the 2016 polarized campaign, I found out how much important is the race and political affiliation in this country which is supposed to be the beacon of liberal democracy.  This class is a great opportunity to examine the given topic through a research-based understanding.

Given the dominant rhetoric in the U.S politics especially of now, I believe that the minorities such as African-Americans are more pro-democrats because they are more open and liberal toward diversity and inclusion. In contrast, the rural whites and those who live in smaller towns are pro-republicans because they think Republicans are more patriotic than Democrats.  

According to a U.S. Census Bureau, the African-American turnout in 2016 election decreased and in contrast, the white turnout increased. [i] However, the same research states that the African-American turnout increased in two previous elections that Obama was the nominee of the Democrats and he was racially African-American. [ii] Further, there are myriads of articles, commentaries and sources that support this hypothesis. Along this course, I am going to share my findings and the focus is to use the secondary data for learning purpose.

To wrap it up, I believe that there is a strong linkage between political orientation and race in the U.S politics and this paper is going to immerse deeply into the context of the topic.

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[i] Krogstad, J. M., & Lopez, M. H. (2017, May 12). Black voter turnout fell in 2016, even as a record number of Americans cast ballots. Retrieved October 14, 2017, from http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/05/12/black-voter-turnout-fell-in-2016-even-as-a-record-number-of-americans-cast-ballots/

[ii] Ibid