The American people sent a clear message, during the 2020 presidential election. They wanted a change of course of leadership at the top of the American government. 81,271,249 voters or 51.4% of people voted for Vice President Joe Biden. Pushing Biden over the top was the participation of African American Voters. Black voters made up 11% of the national electorate, and 9 in 10 of them supported Biden, according to AP VoteCast, an expansive survey of more than 110,000 voters nationwide. Both figures are about on par with 2016, when Democrat Hillary Clinton also overwhelmingly won Black voters’ support but fell short of winning the White House, according to Pew Research Center estimates. How can Biden keep his promise to have the backs of black voters once he gets sworn in as president on January 20, 2021?  Dr. Sharon Wright Austin is a professor of political science at the University of Florida and a former associate professor of political science and black studies at the University of Missouri. Her teaching interests are in American Government, Urban Politics, and African American Politics and her research interests are in African American mayoral elections, rural African American political activism, and African American political behavior. She joined me this week to discuss how the black community impacted the election and how we can increase diversity in positions of leadership in local governments.

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