Fresh from a controversial NBC News/ Wall Street Journal poll which stated that Mitt Romney will receive 0% of the Black vote, the Joint Center for Political and Economic studies followed up with its own poll of the Republican National Convention Attendees.
The report discovered that there were 47 African Americans who were part of convention delegates at the 2012 Republican National Convention which just wrapped in Tampa, Florida. That number amounts to 2.1 percent of total delegates.
Although it seems like a stark miniscule amount, in actuality, it represents a jump in Black representation compared to the last convention.
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