How did African-Americans get to where they are today? Well they were slaves, until the Republicans freed them. They were separate and unequal until the Republicans, with fierce resistance from the Democrats, made the 14th, 15th and 16th ammendments. And now? They've been hitched to the Democratic aprty since the 60's, and in that time they have seen a huge increase in single parent families, a rise in black on black crime, a huge rise in the percentage of young black men in jail, and a larger income gap from back to white. What does logic tell you? Every time that African-Americans have teamed with Republicans they have seen huge successes, and when they've gone with the Democrats they have been utterly demolished.