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.
Wait, Cornell West is running?
As a third party, which will just split the liberal/centrist vote.
Splitting the vote is liberal bullshit myth, we wouldn’t vote for your shitty candidates if there were no 3rd party candidates running
Ross Perot called and told you to suck it.
This.
History. Learn it.
Pay attention in class next time. It’s a concern because it happens quite frequently in first past post voting systems.
Ralph Nader too.
As a third party candidate, which is useful presuming one wants to split the left.
Split the vote is liberal myth. If there were no 3rd party candidates we still wouldn’t vote for your shitty corporate owned neo liberal warhawks.
Voting for a right wing party like the DNC does not position you on the left
It does when the other choice is an actual Nazi.
You do realize that we can disagree on the details and still be on the same side, yes?
How many votes did Gore lose by in Florida? How many votes did Ralph Nader get in Florida?
IDK, maybe you should ask the 15% of democrats that voted for Bush instead of Gore, and not the 3% that voted Nader. Maybe you should ask Gore why he lost his own home state despite Clinton winning it by a huge margin 4 years earlier which would have won him the WH, maybe you should ask the DNC why they rolled over in Florida and didn’t challenge the results.
Democrats are not entitled to our votes, and do nothing to earn them. Even on the chance there is no 3rd party candidate running we wouldn’t vote for your shitty candidates. Liberals are the reason government is so fucked up, they never hold their elected officials accountable. They could commit mass murder and still get elected.
No one is entitled to your votes. We’re talking about pragmatism and reality, not entitlement. The reality is that in 2024, there are only two people who will have a chance of being president, one a Democrat and the other a Republican. That’s just reality. You may not like it, but that is how things work. By voting third party, you are either spoiling the election or throwing your vote away. There is no third option there.
No, that is your reality, because you’ve experienced a lifetime of gaslighting to convince you that there are only two options. If 70 million Democrats voted third party, that third party would be first past the post thereby creating a third option. But the truth of the matter is duopoly voters are not concerned primarily about keeping the other party out, They’re more concerned about being on the winning team. And they feel obligated by peer pressure for fear of being ostracized by your peers to fall in line and vote as the echo chamber tells you to
Oh, well you know Flying Squid better than I do.
Based on your defence of neoliberals I can make broad assumptions based on other’s defence of the same policies and people. The echo chamber collective mind doesn’t allow for differing opinions
Yes! He’s running as a green. And the democrats are ‘concerned’ and telling people don’t vote third party or else you’ll get trump!
But then when asked why they won’t add something like STAR voting to their platform, they go quiet. They love holding us hostage and don’t want to give that up! 🤣
If you vote third party in a presidential election then it is a wasted vote.
If third parties want to win presidential elections then they need to start by consistently and widely winning governorships, becoming state senators, reps, etc. They can’t win, and they won’t shift public debate, by running for president.
There’s a good reason Bernie never has and never will.
He’s been saying for decades he’s never thought he could win the Dem primary. His presidential runs has always been about motivating change.
It’s worked, and more importantly he’s shown why voting third party is just as bad as not voting.
I’ll start voting for 3rd parties when one emerges that’s viable, or when we get some form of ranked choice voting; under our current first-past-the-post 2-party system it’s a wasted vote that only serves the greater evil.
The only time I’ll vote 3rd party in a FPtP system is when one I agree with officially replaces one of the two major parties. Anything less is a wasted vote for president or senator.
Anything local though…
I’ve wasted my vote in presidential elections and I’m proud to say it, then. I’ll vote for who I want, and if the best mainline options are “old ass Nazi” and “old ass
racistsuper duper promise he’s not racist anymore, here’s a black VP”, well, sucks to suck, do better.Not scared of voting third party; just because I’ve never voted R doesn’t mean I’ve always voted D.
Yep