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“African Americans, Latinx, and Independents were the critical margin of victory for President-elect Joseph Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris when the state of Pennsylvania called the contest in their favor just before noon on Saturday, November 7, securing enough Electoral College votes to win the presidential election,” writes Dr. Omar Ali, Dean of Lloyd International Honors College at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and member of the board at Independent Voting, in his post-election analysis. “In 2020, we see the makings of a potentially powerful Black, Latinx, and independent alliance, or as [Jacqueline] Salit puts it, ‘a potent third force that defies political categories.’”
Read Dr. Ali’s full analysis here.