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highplainsdem

(48,731 posts)
Tue Oct 6, 2020, 10:59 AM Oct 2020

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 it’s 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 haven’t 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 box—both past and present—there 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 Trump’s 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 respondents—55 percent—reported 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

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Survey Shows Black Voters Are Fired Up to Vote Trump Out, With Many Planning to Vote in Person (Original Post) highplainsdem Oct 2020 OP
All that can.. please vote in person!! Don't trust your ballot to the mail Thekaspervote Oct 2020 #1
Many states like mine (PA) have drop boxes for mail-ins BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #7
Just watched a video a friend posted.. luvs2sing Oct 2020 #2
Right over hot fucking coals Afromania Oct 2020 #3
chicago b of e was swamped in the first day. ihas2stinkyfeet Oct 2020 #4
Just like Moore vs. Jones, and 2018... Dopers_Greed Oct 2020 #5
A picture of the waiting line ffr Oct 2020 #6
As an African American woman Aviation91 Oct 2020 #8

BumRushDaShow

(127,330 posts)
7. Many states like mine (PA) have drop boxes for mail-ins
Tue Oct 6, 2020, 11:34 AM
Oct 2020

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)
2. Just watched a video a friend posted..
Tue Oct 6, 2020, 11:05 AM
Oct 2020

of the early voting line here in Columbus. Over a thousand people, all masked, and most of them black. A beautiful sight!

 

ihas2stinkyfeet

(1,400 posts)
4. chicago b of e was swamped in the first day.
Tue Oct 6, 2020, 11:16 AM
Oct 2020

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.

Aviation91

(114 posts)
8. As an African American woman
Tue Oct 6, 2020, 11:40 AM
Oct 2020

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!!!

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