article_snippet: Black voters are among the most loyal of the Democratic Party base, and Black voters record high turnout for Barack Obamawas an important part of Barack Obama victory.  
article_snippet: Let's remember President George W. Bush won re-election in 2004 with just 11% of the black vote.
article_snippet: Had Mitt Romney been able to duplicate that number of black votes, Mitt Romney would be president now.
article_snippet: Obama won in no small part because blacks turned out for Mitt Romney in record numbers in 2012, particularly in swing states like Ohio.