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General Category => Elections 2020 => Topic started by: mystery-ak on September 14, 2020, 10:22:54 pm
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Biden campaign ratchets up courting of Black voters, specifically Black men
By Marty Johnson - 09/14/20 06:02 PM EDT
With 50 days until Election Day, the Biden campaign has kicked into high gear its efforts to reach Black voters, a bloc that had a 20-year low in voter participation in the last presidential election.
In a virtual press call Monday, senior members of the former vice president’s campaign reiterated its commitment to reaching all voters of color, but explained that that certain blocs needed to be reached more efficiently.
Biden Senior Adviser Symone Sanders highlighted Black men as a voting bloc that had “become more disillusioned and disaffected with the Democratic Party over the last couple of cycles.â€
“Black men are concerned about their children, they’re concerned about their economic status, they’re concerned about the next generation in terms of education, in terms of their interaction with police,†said Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La.), co-chair of the Biden campaign.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/516376-biden-campaign-ratchets-up-courting-of-black-voters-specifically-black-men