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April Chapman, a small business owner, poses for a photo Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022, at her home in Conyers, Ga. Chapman who lives in metro Atlanta switched from Democrat to Republican after the 2012 election. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)Black voters have been a steady foundation for Democratic candidates for decades, but that support appeared to show a few cracks in this year’s elections. Republican candidates were backed by 14% of Black voters, compared with 8% in the last midterm elections four years ago, according to AP VoteCast, an extensive national survey of the electorate. A variety of factors might play into that, including voter turnout and candidate outreach. It’s too early to tell whether the 2022 survey data represents a longer-term drift of Black voters toward the GOP or whether it will hold during a presidential year.
Originally published at Associated Press