Harris reportedly dismisses question about declining black turnout: 'Talk to me after 2024'
by Julia Johnson, Politics Reporter
October 10, 2023 04:51 PM
Vice President Kamala Harris reportedly refused to address questions over the decline in black voter turnout seen by the Democratic Party in the 2022 midterm elections.
Asked about the administration's "disconnect" between its accomplishments and translating them into enthusiasm among black Americans and higher voter turnout, Harris told the New York Times's Astead W. Herndon, “Why don’t you talk to me after 2024?”
In recent years, Democrats have seen support among minority groups, including black Americans, decline. Between 2020 and 2023, President Joe Biden's share of non-white voters who planned to vote for him dropped from over 70% to 53%, per data from various New York Times/Siena College national polls.
This trend was also reflected in the midterm elections, in which black voter turnout dropped 10 points. In the Washington Post's analysis of the Census Bureau’s turnout survey, black voter turnout fell from 51.7% in 2018 to 42% in 2022.
In the New York Times's new profile of the vice president, Harris was asked about the party's relationship with black voters and if promises have been kept to the community. The author writes, "Harris launched into a recitation of talking points."
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