After President-elect Joe Biden declared victory over Donald Trump on Saturday, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris reaffirmed that Black women were the “backbone” behind their election. Recent data from exit polls conducted by Edison Research indicate nearly nine in 10 Black women said they voted for Biden, while eight in 10 Black men said they voted for the former vice president. Meanwhile, about seven in 10 Latina women said they voted for Biden, compared to about six in 10 Latino men. Democrats lost ground with white voters as more than half of white women voted for Trump, The Washington Post reports .
