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The Black community could play a large role in upcoming recall election of Gov. Newsom



The Black community is a very politically engaged voting block during a typical election, but USC Political Science Professor Jennifer Cryer said an off-cycle election is an entirely different story.

“We often don’t see people of color engaged in these off-cycle elections, because they’re not getting the media and campaigning attention and resources of these big-ticket elections,” Cryer said.

African Americans overwhelmingly vote blue, Cryer said, but the numbers are leading to what she calls “statistical discrimination.”

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