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.
From a non-US standpoint this is rather easy:
You have 2 geriatric options. Option 1 would lead to a dictatorship. Option 2 would lead to the - non-ideal - status quo.
How the fuck do you even have to think about which option would be better???
The Dems have ran non ideal status quo candidates for so long it becomes fatiguing so people stay home or write in Snoop Dogg.
While I totally understand the frustration - apathy cannot be a solution in this scenario!
You’d rather sit at home and watch your democracy go up in flames than just make an “x” on a piece of paper or a screen? Seriously, come on man…
Nothing in the comment to which you replied suggests that the commenter has given up. They merely describe what causes people to do so. At least as I read it.
Democracy is going up in flames either way, the question is whether we want it fast or slow. The only way to stop it is for the Dems to put up decent candidates who want to stop the slide, and thus far, they’ve declined to do so. So while yes, we should keep voting blue to slow the slide, we shouldn’t be stupid enough to believe that doing so is enough to stop it.
You don’t. You don’t understand the frustration. You’re not part of this you’re just a casual observer with an opinion formed from the outside.
I see alot of don’t let perfect be the enemy of good rhetoric and it comes off to me as “I’ve done fairly well in this system, I’m OK with it being rigged to its core”
Don’t be an idiot. It’s been going on for so long, and the two party FPTP system is so broken, that this disgruntlement is justified. If neither party changes, and if voting for the less bad choice is construed as endorsement, them what other choice does a conscientious voter have?
You do understand that the choice you are essentially voting for, if you don’t vote, is a fundamentalist dictatorship that will tell you how to live your life, and imprison you if you don’t obey, while taking your freedoms and wealth anyway even if you do. Yes?
Apathy is fine as long as both parties believe in running a democracy. The gop no longer does.
But if you don’t consider Trump the absolute threat that he is, you just stay home. When I thought there was no way he’d win (2016) I didn’t vote for Hilary because I hate her. I voted for Biden because the threat had become real.
Dems are correctly assessing that there are still people who see Trump as a clown show rather than a future dictator.
non-ideal over violent civil war
this is not a tough decision, my friend
Because the dictatorship is a minor inconvenient side effect of their team winning.
This is exactly it.
Also:
he’s not as bad as the Democrats say, they are just mad because their team lost"
…followed by endless rationalization and moving goalposts
I just don’t bother voting. We need a large majority of eligible voters, those who actually don’t believe in the system, to stop showing up. When the tide goes out, we can all see who’s swimming naked.
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An actual fascist dictatorship IS the real threat. What do you think trump will do if he wins?
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If fascism comes to America, it will be at the hands Donald Trump or one of his devotees.
Fascism is nothing more than the state using its power to supress given rights.
What you’re talking about is totalitarianism.
Yeah this is why I’m glad things aren’t looking great for Desantis lately.
I’m not from the US either, but I’m pretty sure there’s a third choice - staying home.
That’s a vote for Hitler V2
First of all, not voting is, by definition, not a vote for anyone or anything. Second, the right to vote always includes the right to not vote for any of the given choices.
Sure. But failure to vote against Hitler is supporting fascism.
I was mostly referring to the (likely) candidates as options, but yes, sadly you are right. Doesnt help that by design it is more difficult to vote for certain groups than others. Still. If I had to take a day off and risk my job by doing so - It would be worth it to prevent a dictatorship!
fuckin find a decent nominee then
In 2020 there were double digits dems in the primary…
In 2024 we’re expected to believe the only choice is Biden or a Republican.
If you’re pissed “there’s no other nominee” be mad at the party leaders who aren’t allowing a primary. And realize there’s 100s of people qualified to run as a Dem
Double digit nominees…that all lost to Biden.
There were four primaries in 2020 where the contest had candidates other than Biden and Bernie running. Biden lost three of them.
46 primaries had no one under 70 running on either side.
… That’s what a primary is for. So people can, like, actually choose.
There are a LOT of people who don’t want Biden for another four years. There are people who didn’t like him, but have warmed up to him.
Would he win a primary? Yeah, probably, because of incumbent advantage.
But that should be for people to decide.
You mean like one that already beat Trump once?
I always viewed Biden as the lemon I suck on to cleanse my palette between courses, now they want the lemon to be the whole damn meal.
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While I didn’t really want Biden in 2020, after his administration’s record so far, I can honestly say I do want more of that. Not to say I wouldn’t rather have someone much better and more left, but I’m pretty sure nobody better will be any more successful than Biden has been, given the Republican opposition in Congress.
What I really want is fewer Republicans in Congress, and short of moving to another district, there isn’t much more I can do there. My district’s congressmen are fantastic.
I agree with the other user who said this a terrible take.
Biden is who the Democratic party selected overwhelmingly (to my chagrin) and there is nobody who can beat him in a primary (the person who theoretically could already lost before, and immediately endorsed Biden this time around).
It also makes no sense to take out the guy we know will beat Trump.
If Biden is reelected then he will be 86 years old at the end of the second mandate.
86 !
Bill Clinton, Georges W Bush and Barack Obama are still younger than him. Except than Clinton was elected 30 years ago.
People are way too worried about this.
Republicans got what they wanted when Roe V. Wade was overturned. Now they get to watch purple states become blue for the foreseeable future.
Democrats don’t care if they win. They aren’t a political party
You can’t run on having people vote for you just to avoid voting in the enemy. You must get people to vote for you because they want you. One day, a broadly populist Reagan-like Republican candidate will re-appear and he will utterly destroy your country.
Lesser evilism does nothing but make it easier for the next populist to take advantage of the dissonance between the American citizen and the American political institutions. If we keep voting for bad candidates they will keep giving us bad candidates.
Loyal democrat, I will happily vote for Joe Biden.
As someone who voted Barr-Romney-Johnson-Biden I’m gonna be in the booth pissed I’m voting for Biden again considering the libertarians fully lost the plot and Republicans went full fascist with trump
I miss Uncle Gary.
Then maybe get a better candidate? I’m pretty sure most sane Americans will vote for anyone not Trump. It’s not that hard, just use another candidate…
If they got a better candidate, they would have to represent their constituents. Democrats don’t want that. They want to ride high on Republican tax policies.
Unfortunately almost half of Americans are not sane.
I thick you mean almost half of all voting districts.
Democrats have done a shit job at selling their victories as well as their vision for the country, as always.
Then come election time they are always wondering why aren’t Democratic voters more excited to vote for them.
I am so sick of that same cycle repeating over and over again. Republicans voters are so adamant about getting their people in power that they will break the law and vote twice, and Dem voters aren’t excited enough to even show up at the polls.
I also have to add that it’s infuriating that the Dems are so splintered of a party that they consider black voters are their most loyal demographic. Nothing against them, but for fucks sakes guys at best black folks only represent 13% of the population. You can’t win any elections even if you won every single black vote. They aren’t even the largest minority group. Latinos represent just under 20% but many of them support the GOP. Dems need to stop turning their backs on some much larger demographic groups out there. Because they focus on just a few smaller groups, that’s why they are always scrounging for votes even in elections that they should have in the bag. It is embarrassing how poorly run the Democratic party is, quite frankly.
It’s insane that racist people like you aren’t banned from here yet, you’re the same anti-black racist that made me leave reddit years ago and now you’re here to spread your anti-black garbage again
You people need to join the nazi party because that’s all you represent anymore, you’re literally siding with White Nationalism and repeating their same rhetoric
God, they really think the problem is a lack of outreach and communication huh?
How about y’all fuckn listen?
Unfortunately I think this is everything running just as intended. They get to stay in power because the other guys are actually insane, and they don’t actually have to do anything. What’s the worst that can happen? The Republicans win? The rich (them) will just keep getting richer babyyy, just like always. And they provide democrats with really good campaign material, again, without actually having to do anything.
It’s pretty obvious who to vote for considering Republicans are actively attacking our country. Sorry, I don’t vote for terrorists.
He was too old the first time, I’m surprised he made it this long. I was under the impression that their plan was to have biden die during his term so kamala became the first woman president.
“… Their plan was to have Biden die…”
Can you hear yourself? That’s f’ng crazy.
I dont think theyre plan was to outright let him die during the presidency, but I did think they would bust out the 25th amendment at least a year ago to put Kamala in charge
You think they didn’t consider the possibility when they chose a 78 year old to run for president? It was probably more likely than not. Now even more so.
Goddamn. ok. Double down on crazy then. Who exactly is “they” here, in your worldview, may I ask?
Jesus dude, I’m not talking about some secret society world order bullshit.
Literally the democratic party decides who can run for leader of their party, you think Joe Biden just randomly says he wants to run and everyone says sure? Otherwise he would have to run as an independent.
The possibility is considered with every election. That’s why there are two names on the ticket.
Also, Kamala is a pretty bad choice too due to her record as a district attorney. I still can’t believe the Democrats ran with her despite police reform being such a huge issue in 2020
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Legalize Cannabis and stop robbing black males of the right to vote.
You mean what republicans are doing extremely consistently?
Oh look - election season has officially kicked off with the DNC’s first attempt at trying to guilt trip people into voting for their shitty candidate.
Expect many MANY more of these in the months to come.
It really takes a special kind of scumbag to decide that the proper strategy is to nominate a dismally corrupt and/or incompetent sack of shit then try to guilt trip people into voting for them and blame the voters if they lose, when they could just nominate a decent candidate and people would willingly and even eagerly vote for them and they’d win easily.
I sometimes wonder what it’s like to be that entirely devoid of principles or integrity.
I imagine it involves a lot of alcohol.
Nobody needs to initiate any type of guilt trip. We’ve all been through 4 years of Trump. We currently are (finally) starting to see the indictments that wrought.
We have seen what DeSantis has done to Florida. Where, just today, they effectively outlawed AP Psychology for high school students. State-level brain drain, and trans genocide.
There’s no option here and you’re a piece of shit if you don’t vote, or if you vote for the party that is literally an organized crime syndicate at this point, with a candidate who literally (and I mean like literally literally) should be in prison right now.
If you still need to be guilt tripped in order to make the right choice, then it sounds like you’re kind of a piece of shit.
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.
I’m really sick of people on the left playing this game. In politics, the perfect is often the enemy of the good. Biden is the candidate because he’s the incumbent and has the best chance of winning. Full stop. He’s not a shitty candidate even if he isn’t your perfect candidate.
