African Americans will comprise only 1.5 percent of the total number of GOP delegates this year - substantially below the record setting 6.7 percent in 2004, according to a study called "Blacks and 2008 Republican Convention," released today by a nonpartisan research institution that focuses on minority issues.

The 36 black delegates in 2008 represent a 78.4 percent decline from the 167 black delegates at the 2004 GOP convention.
After seating a record number of African American delegates in 2004, next week's Republican National Convention in Minneapolis/St. Paul will have the lowest black representation in 40 years.

Based on extensive polling and analysis of African American voters nationwide, the Joint Center's guide has outlined the difficulites Senator John McCain will face running against the first African American, presidential nominee Barack Obama in this year's election.

While noting McCain's efforts to reach out to black organizations such as the NAACP and the National Urban League, the guide says, "John McCain is very likely to receive a historically low share of the black vote."

Adding that this is not attributable to any experiences Senator McCain has had representing black constituents, but rather it is "a reflection of Senator Obama's historic candidacy, the deep and genuine enthusiasm for him in the black community, and Senator McCain's association with President Bush, an exceptionally unpopular figure among African Americans."

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