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===== African Americans ===== {{See also|African Americans in the United States Congress}}Although African Americans have begun to continually win more elected positions and increase their overall political representation, they still lack proportional representation across a variety of different levels of government.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last=Shah|first=Paru|date=2014|title=It Takes a Black Candidate: A Supply-Side Theory of Minority Representation |journal=Political Research Quarterly|volume=67|issue=2|pages=266–279|doi=10.1177/1065912913498827|jstor=24371782|s2cid=155069482|issn=1065-9129}}</ref> Some estimates indicate that most gains for African Americans—and other minorities in general—have not occurred at higher levels of government, but rather at sub-levels in federal and state governments.<ref name=":2" /> Additionally, congressional data from 2017 revealed that 35.7% of African Americans nationwide had a congressperson of the same race, while the majority of black Americans were represented by members of Congress of a different race.<ref name=":1" /> Scholars have partially explained this discrepancy by focusing on the obstacles that black candidates face. Factors like election type, campaign costs, district demographics, and historical barriers, such as [[Voter suppression in the United States|voter suppression]], can all hinder the likelihood of a black candidate winning an election or even choosing to enter into an election process.<ref name=":2" /> Demographics, in particular, are noted to have a large influence on black candidate success, as research has shown that the ratio of white-to-black voters can have a significant impact on a black candidate's chance of winning an election and that large black populations tend to increase the resources available to African American candidates.<ref name=":2" /> Despite the variety of obstacles that have contributed to the lack of proportional representation for African Americans, other factors have been found to increase the likelihood of a black candidate winning an election. Based on data from a study in [[Louisiana]], prior black incumbency, as well as running for an office that other black candidates had pursued in the past, increased the likelihood of African Americans entering into races and winning elections.<ref name=":2" />
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