Survey Shows Black Voters Are Fired Up to Vote Trump Out, With Many Planning to Vote in Person
Source: The Root
Wih less than a month before Election Day, organizations across the country are ramping up their efforts to get out the vote in what could be the most tumultuous election in modern history. President Donald Trump has suggested that he will not concede the election if he loses, and its still unclear how the novel coronavirus could impact voter turnout, particularly when some early data has shown evidence of voter purging and substantial demographic divides in the ways mail-in ballots are counted. Still, according to a new poll from the Black political advocacy group Black Futures Lab, Black Americans say they havent been deterred from showing up to the polls, with 81 percent of respondents saying they plan on voting in the general election.
While Black people are more than familiar with the obstacles standing between them and the ballot boxboth past and presentthere is a clear eagerness to vote this election: three out of four voters saying they are extremely likely to vote over the next month.
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No matter what their age, respondents generally agreed on the top three concerns facing the country: racism and discrimination, COVID-19 and the economy, with the first two issues outpacing every other concern by a substantial margin. The poll asked eligible voters to rank their top three concerns; 55 percent of Back voters found racism and discrimination to be the most important issue, while another 52 percent said COVID was a top-tier concern.
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The data also shows 3 out of 4 eligible voters are dissatisfied with the direction the country is headed, with another 76 percent disapproving of Trumps job as president. In fact, removing Trump is the biggest factor pushing Black voters to the ballot box this year. While a slight majority of survey respondents55 percentreported feeling warm or favorable towards Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, 75 percent reported feeling very cold or unfavorable towards Trump.
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Read more: https://www.theroot.com/survey-shows-black-voters-are-fired-up-to-vote-trump-ou-1845286418
Thekaspervote
(32,606 posts)BumRushDaShow
(127,330 posts)And I STILL don't even have a polling place identified for my Division in Philly as of today and as it is I refuse to vote on an ES&S bullshit touchscreen machine with a non-human readable "barcode".
I will drop my ballot off at a drop box.
luvs2sing
(2,220 posts)of the early voting line here in Columbus. Over a thousand people, all masked, and most of them black. A beautiful sight!
Afromania
(2,767 posts)ihas2stinkyfeet
(1,400 posts)they opened a big super site at their building downtown. the line wrapped around the block.
it stunned me. you have no idea how much folks here hate going downtown.
i mean, like this plague they hate it. including me.
Dopers_Greed
(2,640 posts)It's going to be Black Americans that bail out the rest of us.
ffr
(22,649 posts)Aviation91
(114 posts)my plan all along has been to vote in person! Come hell or high water, Covid-19, H1N1, Spanish Flu, Polio, etc., I plan to put on my mask and gloves and stand in line for as long as it takes to cast my vote! I will not be deterred! I've also encouraged my friends and family on FB to join me in voting like our ancestors did after they passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965!!! This MADMAN and his ilk have got to go!!!