Abstract
November 2, 1991, may well be remembered as a watershed date in the unique and quixotic 1992 presidential race. On that day, stating that he would "not seek the nomination for the Democratic Party," Jesse Jackson backed out of the presidential campaign spotlight and started a chain reaction that has put the black vote in perhaps its least influential position since before 1984.
Extremely low black voter turnout was one of the most significant trends of the 1992 primaries. In the Democratic contests, Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton won an impressive percentage of black votes, about 70 percent. However, those votes were garnered in the context of the smallest black voter turnout for a presidential primary in a decade.
Recommended Citation
Lusane, Clarence
(1992)
"A Historic Moment: Black Voters and the 1992 Presidential Race,"
Trotter Review: Vol. 6:
Iss.
2, Article 4.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/trotter_review/vol6/iss2/4
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