Black voters continue to be loyal to Democrats, but there are signs that support continues to erode.

  • APassenger@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This isn’t about carrying the state, it’s about using the election to understand black viters’ engagement and sentiment. A weak showing among black voters could indicate deeper issues more broadly.

    I’ll say what I’ve been saying, I wish Biden had been primaried. He’s looking less and less like a guaranteed winner and having someone else viably in the race could have helped.

    The Israel situation is not helping (in the near term, at least).

    • AnarchoDakosaurus@toast.ooo
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      The Israel situation is not helping (in the near term, at least).

      Yep. This is a issiue sensitive to many black folk in the USA as well. Democrats unwavering support for the police and more or less indifference to the worsening economic conditions for the black community at large will not help either.

      Biden will also likely more formally deploy troops into the middle east after some sort of golf of Tonkin esque incident takes place in the Mediterranean.

      More talk of war on terror after a pretty difficult recovery from the pandemic is not music to anyone ears, especially not the working class Black people who have a really hard time these last few years.

      Biden is not the man who will get these people back on board.