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Efforts to boost Black voter turnout often start at the community level. In Miami, members of local churches gathered Sunday at the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center and marched to a nearby early voting center as part of a Souls to the Polls event. “It helps a lot to encourage others to vote,” said Regina Tharpe, a Miami resident.
Former President Obama delivered a stern appeal to Black voters while campaigning for Vice President Harris in Pennsylvania on Thursday amid signs her support among the demographic may be softening.
“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 ...
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Obama's comments belie that Black men still overwhelmingly back Harris. But her campaign and allies have worked hard trying to shore up support with this critical group of voters — and addressing questions about potential misogyny. Black Americans are the most Democratic-leaning racial demographic in the country, with Black men being outpaced ...
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% ...
Obama captured 95% of the Black vote in his first presidential bid in 2008 and 93% when he won re-election four years later. ... is a Black man and Harris supporter who drove 12 hours from ...
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 ...