Black Ballot Power
Black Ballot Power (BBP) supporting community organizers and activists to get out the Black vote nationally, through an interactive website and organizers on the ground in swing states, including Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
Fact: Trump won the electoral college vote by a narrow margin in 6 states
Fact: The 2012 Black turnout in 3 states would have swung the 2016 election
Voter turnout in 2016 v. 2012
State | Black turnout | White turnout | Lost by | Black Votes Down by | Electoral college votes |
Michigan | -12.4% | -2.6% | 10,704 | -11,000 | 16 |
Pennsylvania | -2.1% | +5.2% | 44,000 | -39,000 | 20 |
Wisconsin | -12.3% | -1.6% | 22,548 | -88,000 | 10 |