Hiram College political science professor Jason Johnson was interviewed by the Baltimore Afro-American for the article “Romney Black Outreach Thin & Hollow, Political Scholars Say.”
Jason Johnson, a political analyst from Hiram College in Ohio, added that the Republican candidate’s efforts among the Black electorate is geared toward reducing the negative impact that significant Black turnout would have on his chances of winning the White House.
“Mitt Romney does not really have any interest in Black voters [nor is he] spending much time and money wooing [them] because he knows it’s not a winning proposition,” Johnson said.
The Romney campaign’s true focus is on “high turnout among Republican voters, getting moderates and Independents who are upset about the economy and African-American and Latino voters not turning out because of voter ID laws,” the African American analyst added.
