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CRAZYHORSE230 78M
1743 posts
11/25/2023 2:22 pm
Black voters reveal to the NY Times reasons they’re hesitant to re-elect Biden in 2024


I honestly feel that the Democratic Party has forgot about the Black male,' one Black voter told NY Times

A recent New York Times podcast episode featured several Black voices expressing their hesitation and "concern" over voting for President Biden’s re-election in 2024, with some claiming Biden is "too old" and others stating that the Democratic Party has not fulfilled its promises to Black Americans.

Some respondents noted why they believe that former President Trump and Republicans may attract an unprecedented portion of the African American vote next year, claiming that Black men like the party’s message of financial independence.

The Times' "The Run-Up" podcast involved its host, reporter Astead Herndon, going home for Thanksgiving and interviewing his various Black friends and family members gathered for the holiday about their current view of the Democratic Party and whether they would vote for Biden or Trump in 2024.

Herndon said he was inspired to conduct the holiday survey after seeing a recent New York Times/Siena College poll of battleground voters which revealed that "22 percent of Black voters said they would support Donald Trump over Joe Biden in a hypothetical rematch in 2024. That’s compared to the 8 percent Trump carried nationally in 2020."

He noted that several of his family’s Black dinner guests’ testimonies tracked with this data, as several of them revealed they’re reluctant to vote for the Democratic Party.

Herndon asked about why the Black vote seems to be slipping from Democrats even though they just lived through the "high point" of Obama administration.

One guest felt the opposite of nostalgia for former President Obama, saying, "I’ve been let down by Obama. Do you hear me?"

When asked why, he continued, "I feel as though he could have done more for us. I feel as though – specifically Chicagomans, that’s where he comes from. After seeing you know, Trump and all that he did, it’s like, ‘Man, Obama, you could’ve did the same thing! You could’ve been robed too before your people!"

The guest continued, noting that Obama not doing enough for Black Americans was "disheartening," and claimed that as a result, young people he has mentored "stopped voting altogether." He added, "They lost faith in the political system."

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CRAZYHORSE230 78M
1701 posts
11/25/2023 2:23 pm

TRUMP/2025

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Robyn363 83F
3474 posts
11/30/2023 4:21 am

Recently on a TV Chanel I took a tour around Alabama and surrounding areas. The poverty is unbelievable but the few people who got to speak were incredibly happy in their enviornment and even though they seem to have nothing in the way of material things, they do seem to have peace of mind. As regards President Biden, apart from anything else, he is far too old for such an important job. Is there nobody else?


CRAZYHORSE230 78M
1701 posts
11/30/2023 9:31 am

    Quoting Robyn363:
    Recently on a TV Chanel I took a tour around Alabama and surrounding areas. The poverty is unbelievable but the few people who got to speak were incredibly happy in their enviornment and even though they seem to have nothing in the way of material things, they do seem to have peace of mind. As regards President Biden, apart from anything else, he is far too old for such an important job. Is there nobody else?
robyn thank you for ur comment. here in south alabama. we have for years made do with what we have. my mom was raised in small rural town 100 mils north of mobile. no running water no power. no indoor privvys. till mid 70s. they were are are ver yhappy contented folks. i have liveedin mobile most of my life. but wish at times i could go bac to the time in late 40s 50s 60 when i was there a lot. much simplert.

iwish i could have visted my grandfathers birth village GEEWAH SILIGO. my family came over to the philidephia in 1852.

all my love and happy to u. u inded are a sweet heart

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