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Democrats are becoming increasingly concerned about a possible drop in Black voter turnout for the 2024 presidential election, according to party insiders. The worries arise from a 10% decrease in Black voter turnout in the 2022 midterms compared to 2018, a more substantial decline than any other racial or ethnic group, as per a Washington Post analysis. The decline was particularly significant among younger and male Black voters in crucial states like Georgia, where Democrats aim to mobilize Black voter support for President Biden in 2024.

The Democratic party has acknowledged the need to bolster their outreach efforts to this demographic. W. Mondale Robinson, founder of the Black Male Voter Project, highlighted the need for Democrats to refocus their attention on Black male voters, who have shown lower levels of engagement. In response, Biden’s team has pledged to communicate more effectively about the benefits that the Black community has reaped under Biden’s administration, according to Cedric L. Richmond, a senior advisor at the Democratic National Committee.

However, Black voter advocates have identified deep-seated issues affecting Black voter turnout. Many Black men reportedly feel detached from the political process and uninspired by both parties’ policies. Terrance Woodbury, CEO of HIT Strategies, a polling firm, suggests that the Democratic party’s focus on countering Trump and Republican extremism doesn’t motivate younger Black men as much as arguments focused on policy benefits. Concerns are growing within the party that if they fail to address these issues, disenchanted Black voters might either abstain or, potentially, be swayed by Republican messaging on certain key issues.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Privilege.

    Not them tho, you. Your privilege is why you can’t understand it.

    Some people have to wait 8 hours in line while taking a day off work without pay. All for someone whose not going to actually help them. Their choice is “things get obviously worse for me” and “things get worse for me, but slower and no one talks about it”.

    We could try actually following thru with campaign promises and helping them, but for some reason we dont. Once elected all the Dem presidents in the last 3-4 decades immediately start telling us their campaign promises are obviously impossible so they’re just not going to really try.

    Even Obamacare was just Mitt Romney’s plan by the time it happened.

    Personally tho, it takes less than an hour for me to vote and I get a paid half day from work to do so. So I always vote.

    That doesn’t mean I assume it’s as easy for everyone else

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      1 year ago

      Privilege.

      Not them tho, you. Your privilege is why you can’t understand it.

      Are you determined to not have allies of any kind?

      I get that your state is fucked, but as a resident of one of the other 49 states, my options to help are limited as long as we lack one of the the chambers of Congress since the gop is literally the problem here.

      We could try actually following thru with campaign promises and helping them, but for some reason we dont.

      That would be because we don’t have control of the House. It’s difficult to get work done when the side in control of the button that stops everything from working sits on the fucking button while shrieking racist epitaphs at the top of their lungs.

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      1 year ago

      Isn’t “things get worse slower” better than “things get worse right away?” What happened to pragmatism? If things get worse slower, there’s a chance to stop them in the future.