There is a pervasive but deeply flawed understanding in American politics about the political ideology of African Americans. Too many think black voters are solidly liberal, when in reality this isn’t true.

This is due to the high percentage of African Americans who vote for Democrats over Republicans, typically around 90%, the highest voting rate of any ethnicity in the United States for a single party. As a result of this, it is assumed that most African Americans subscribe to left-wing ideology, but that is far from the case — and Super Tuesday was one of the clearest revelations of that in modern political history.