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.
Of course it’s a conspiracy and not that there was a 50/50 tie in the Senate, which meant you needed 100% support from every Dem Senator, including a guy from a super conservative state who is looking out for his own political future. Obviously if they couldn’t make sweeping changes then it has to be because that’s their master plan, and we shouldn’t bother trying to get an actual solid majority into Congress
If the party would quit finding just enough no votes, people would have no reason to point it out.
You don’t have to read what I wrote, but if you’re going to reply, it would be nice if you did
I did read what you wrote. You dismissed anything short of worship of failure as a conspiracy theory.
Dripping condescension is what centrists do when people point out how much success centrist politicians have had in blocking progressive policy for them.
The person I replied to claimed that not accomplishing sweeping changes was because of intentional self-sabotage on the part of the Democrats. I pointed out that the margins in the Senate were as razor-thin as possible which means that one would expect that it would be extremely hard to get anything passed.
And then your reply was just restating OP’s original assertion without addressing what I pointed out.
Yes. They correctly described what centrist Democrats do no matter how large the majority we give the party. As long as the margin is smaller than the number of centrists, progressive policy is dead in the water.
No, you accused them of being a conspiracy theorist for pointing out what Democrats always fucking do. It’s impossible to get anything progressive passed because centrist Democrats caucus with Republicans on progressive issues. If that ever stops being the case, people will stop noticing.
You’re being condescending and openly insulting to people who notice an established pattern of behavior just because that behavior yields results you like. That’s reddit behavior.