Summary:
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.
We saw all that because democrats thought they knew best and pushed hillary as the nominee in 2016. A candidate so shitty that she lost against trump of all people. Many important lessons that democrats refuse to learn – likely intentionally. But yeah, shame voters for not voting the way you want them to instead of, you know, giving them something worth voting for. Truly a democracy.
Yes, we live in a fundamentally broken country. What are you going to do about it? Do you think abstaining from voting is gonna help? Or maybe you’ll really stick it to them with a “protest vote”?
OR, are you going to vote for people (down ballot too, something Bernie Bros who gave up on the DNC didn’t seem to care about after they found out he lost) that aren’t actively promoting LGBTQ genocide, aren’t gutting our public education, aren’t refusing to accept climate change is real, and who aren’t pushing their respective states (and now nation) over a precipice to literal fascism? What do you think happens after that? Leftist thought leaders will magically lead us to glorious revolution? I assume after we un-execute them, of course.
The only way to ever get where you want to go is through gradual change. Moving the Overton window (something that right has gotten figured out) more and more left with each local, state, and federal election, until candidates that more closely match your values are actually viable (because of a sane Overton window).
That doesn’t happen overnight, unless you’re advocating for literal revolution, and more often than not that doesn’t really achieve the original stated goals. And a bunch of dead people for literally nothing.
I vote every time and for democrats down the entire ballot every single time. I’m just not stupid enough to think that’ll change anything and I’m not stupid enough to think you can browbeat people into voting the way you want “because the other guy is worse”. Democrats need to do better, but they won’t because they’re not sincere.
