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On Oct. 23, 2020, 566,162 Black voters had cast an in-person or mail-in ballot, according to state data. That compares with 358,880 this year — a difference of more than 207,000 votes.
Such seemingly disparate efforts all have a single goal: boost Black voter turnout ahead of Election Day. How Black communities turn out in the 2024 election has been scrutinized due to the pivotal role Black voters have played in races for the White House, Congress and state legislatures across the country.
“We have yet to see the same kinds of energy and turnout in all corners of our neighborhoods and communities as we saw when I was running,” Obama said at a “Black Voters for Harris” event ...
One factor impacting voter turnout of Black Americans is that, as of the 2000 election, 13% of Black American males are reportedly ineligible to vote nationwide because of a prior felony conviction; in certain states – Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi – disenfranchisement rates for Black American males in the 2000 election were around 30% ...
A USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll from August of Black voters in Pennsylvania found 78% of Black women in the state planned to vote for Harris, compared to 63% of Black men. The poll found 15% ...
The voter turnout for this election was broadly predicted to be high by American standards, [161] [162] and a record number of votes were cast. [163] The final tally of total votes counted was 131.3 million, compared to 122.3 million in 2004 (which also boasted the highest record since 1968 , the last presidential election before the voting age ...
The "Fishtown Effect" is a scenario where prejudiced or racist white voters cast their vote for a black candidate solely on economic concerns. [79] [80] Fishtown, a mostly white and economically depressed neighborhood in Philadelphia, voted 81% for Obama in the 2008 election. [81]
Former President Barack Obama sternly chided Black men over “excuses” to not vote for Vice President Kamala Harris during a stop at a campaign field office on Thursday in Pittsburgh’s East ...