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I wrote this piece about black voters’ politics of pragmatism. The basic argument is that black voters approach presidential elections practically - not ideologically - voting primarily to protect civil rights gains. Biden is the present beneficiary. Why?https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/why-do-black-voters-support-biden-they-just-want-to-beat-trump/2019/05/31/74b37ca8-7b33-11e9-8ede-f4abf521ef17_story.html …
I broadly agree with all the pieces here. But isn’t this another way of saying that black voting behavior tends to resemble the party machine politics of the 19th and early 20th centuries more than any other group? Is this a good thing?
Is it a bad thing?
I’m not sure, but I lean towards no. The problem with machine party politics is that the machine siphons off a lot of the benefits before they ever reach the voters.
No not at all. Machine politics was fueled by patronage. While legal then, patronage is mostly illegal now.
He's saying that absent patronage, blacks are risk averse when it comes to their vote because they want to defend civil rights gains. No "Overton Window" for them! 
He specifically mentions cementing ties with front runners as opposed to risking political capital on candidates making an outside run. That suggests a form of patronage. Not corruption but guarantees to not mess with certain status quo issues.
No it resembles the power and voting strength each region has had to deal with. Every region ultimately will be behind candidate the majority will choose but the knife fights to get there deal with these regional truths.
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