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Blacks played a critical role in Tuesday's election, voting across the nation in record numbers. In the end, the explosive turnout of voters - with exit poll reports showing fewer than one in every 10 African-American votes going to Bush - swayed the race in President George W. Bush's favor. While Ohio remained too close to call throughout the night, by midday on Wednesday, the statistical improbability of Sen. John Kerry actually winning Ohio led him to concede the election. Having won with little Black political support, but finally receiving the majority of the popular vote, President Bush is expected during his second term to appoint three or four right-wing judges to the Supreme Court, a move virtually guaranteed to eventually end the use of affirmative action programs in public institutions. His final four years as president will be characterized by cuts in domestic programs to offset the $1.9 trillion tax cuts over the next decade and a $422 billion deficit from his first term, political experts and activists predict. [more]