*sigh* Another black Republican down

[Adlai Stevenson]

Reagan was actually quite unpopular amongst blacks.  He won only 6% of African Americans in 1984, which probably explains why he won 59% of the vote rather than 61% like Nixon did in 1972 - and Nixon won a surprising amount of black voters.  George Bush in 1988 was credited with doubling African American support for the GOP, he won 12% - double Reagan's total in 1984.