Number of Black Convention Delegates on the Rise

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Black America Web, News Report, Posted: Sep 06, 2012


If you scanned the crowds last week at the Republican National Convention looking for the faces of African-American delegates, they may have been difficult to find.

Only 47 African-Americans served as delegates to the Republican National Convention last week in Tampa, Fla., out of a total of 2,286, according to data from the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.

In Charlotte, N.C., this week, 1,452 African-American delegates are among the 5,551 gathered for the Democratic National Convention, according to data from the Washington, D.C.–based think tank.

The Republican Party data was released at the start of the GOP convention and the Democratic data was released this week, with both sets showing an overall increase in participation of African-Americans, a key political demographic leading to the November presidential election.

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