One professor addressed how critical the Black vote is to presidential candidates’ success and the effect migration patterns have on American politics during a virtual event Tuesday afternoon.
WSU’s Martin Luther King Program co-sponsored the event, “Relocation and Realignment: How Black migration shapes American politics.” The Thomas S. Foley Institute hosted the event through a livestream on YouTube.
Keneshia Grant, associate professor of political science at Howard University, said the outcome of a presidential election relies heavily on the electoral college. The states with the most influence over the electoral college include California, Texas, Florida and New York.
A majority of America’s Black population lives in those states, she said.