Metropolitan, Suburban and Legacy Black Communities
The general Black family home, including legacy northern and western communities not assigned to a regional or immigrant branch.
- Stable id
- black_metro_legacy_general
- Family
- Black
- Definition
- 0.3.0
- Status
- Core
- Catalog state
- Current
- Eligibility
- Neutral family fallback
Membership describes modeled social and demographic community, not party registration, ideology or a guaranteed vote. The same group can change turnout and candidate preference across elections.
Observable anchors
RaceEthnicity
- non-Hispanic Black
Geography
- legacy northern, western and general metropolitan communities
What this group excludes
- Black Belt, New South or immigrant evidence that clearly supports another branch
Historical affinities
These are research lenses for historical validation, not current partisan labels.
- Smith urban ethnic
- Machine transactional
Geographic eligibility
This is the neutral Black family fallback. It remains eligible everywhere so the family closes exactly after specialized ineligible mass is removed.
- Mode
- Neutral family fallback
- Direct anchor
- Not required
- Outside policy
- Allow
- Family fallback
- Black metro legacy general
- Allowed states
- National/anchor based
- Core counties
- Not county-limited
Source. U.S. Census ACS/PUMS; CES; GSS; U.S. Religion Census; immutable definition registry · mutually exclusive soft membership under Akashic voter-typology definition 0.3.0. The current definition is published independently of model promotion. Place-level shares remain tied to the exact definition/model run shown on each Place panel. Real returns — nothing estimated.