election between 85 to 95% of the black vote. it s imperative to get that otherwise they go the way of the whig party. to get 34% approval rating, use the term existential in the past, i think that it s almost an existential threat for the republican party, if, in fact, it s the case, and i think it may be for at least a confluence about four factors. one, the best economy ever for black americans. the unemployment rate is the lowest ever, full 33.2 percentage points lower than obama s best black unemployment numbers, median household income is the best ever. there is another factor.th it s kind of a variant, black variant on the hillbilly elegy. as was noted in 2016, everyone else missed it. the movement of blue-collar white voters to trump and everyone was dead. i think there is something ngppening along those lines at a smaller level, but a similar dynamic, where you ve got a