According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, President Biden is losing support among Black voters heading into a tight 2024 reelection bid.
From WSJ:
When Michelle Smith voted for President Biden in 2020, she thought he would help people like her, a Black mother working two jobs and raising three teenage boys in North Philadelphia. Now she says she won’t vote for him again, citing higher prices, skyrocketing rent and a feeling she has been left behind.
“I really did think he was going to help people in my situation,” said Smith, 46 years old, who earns $12.50 an hour working as a home health aide and makes Instacart deliveries for extra money. “It’s like all of them talk a good game until they get elected.”
Heading into 2024, Democrats are sounding alarms about losing voters like Smith. Black voter turnout fell during the 2022 midterm elections compared with the previous midterms, and polling and interviews with voters show growing dissatisfaction over the economy and Biden’s leadership. Any decline with these voters could be fatal for the re-election of Biden, whose path to victory depends on building a diverse coalition of voters in six or so closely fought battleground states.
Wage gains have cooled more dramatically for Black workers than other Americans. Median weekly earnings for Black workers employed full time rose 4.2% in the third quarter from a year earlier, versus a 10.3% gain the prior year. Overall wages rose 4.5% last quarter, down from a 6.9% increase in the third quarter of 2022.
Party leaders are chiefly concerned about diminished Black voter turnout, but are also worried that some of these voters will instead back Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, who is the front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination. Hoping to prevent a drop-off, Democrats are pumping money into voter canvassing, education and advertising in battleground states.
Smith said it may be too late to convince her. “I think I’m not going to vote, period,” she said.
Full report over at The Wall Street Journal:
A decline in Black turnout in the midterm elections, particularly in urban areas like Philadelphia, has some Democrats worried about 2024 https://t.co/7SCJCBpi49 https://t.co/7SCJCBpi49
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) November 13, 2023
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