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Liberal Cynic's avatar

Black women are probably the most reliable voters the Democrats have. Not sure where you're getting info that says they always threaten to stay home.

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Harley "Griff" Lofton's avatar

Younger Black voters are not as reliable as their mothers. Apparently you haven't experienced enough "woke " Twitter to be aware of their threats to not vote.

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Cheerio's avatar

Twitter Is Not Real Life.

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TomD's avatar

Wasn't Biden's bonehead move of promising that the next Supreme Court justice would ba a Black woman (Affirmative Action!!!) in reaction to a Black legislator's threat to promote Blacks' not turning out?

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TomD's avatar

They do. But then so do many other factions in the Dem coalition.

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MoosesMom's avatar

That's true in the South, but in the northern democratic "Blue Wall" states many stayed home and tfg won those states by extremely thin margins.

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Liberal Cynic's avatar

Which "Blue Wall" states did TFG win in 2020 besides OH?

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MoosesMom's avatar

He didn't, but Biden won them by even less thin margins than trump did in 2016.... I'm just saying that I do hear Black women threaten to stay home if this or that, and sometimes they have followed through at great cost to themselves and the rest of us. I'm not saying they do it all the time everywhere, but Black women in Southern states tend more conservative, and Black women in Northern states tend more progressive.

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Sherm's avatar

"He didn't, but Biden won them by even less thin margins than trump did in 2016."

Only Wisconsin, by about 2000 votes. He almost doubled the margin in PA, and smashed the results in MI.

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Liberal Cynic's avatar

I think it was black men that didn't show up in 2016. Black women, again, did the heavy lifting for Clinton.

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Color Me Skeptical's avatar

Yes. And then Black men doubled their vote share (from 4% to 8%) for Trump in 2020.

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Paul Mccrary's avatar

Older Black women especially

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JF's avatar

And apparently also the “abuelas” in our Hispanic communities.

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