• HelixDab2@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    Kamala is pulling younger voters and votes of color out of the “undecided” bracket and away from third-party candidates.

    This is going to be the real question. Can Harris pull in black men? They trend more conservative overall. Can she pull in gen Z people that are voting age? If she can get her performance up with those two groups, in PA, MI, and AZ, then she’ll likely win.

    BTW - note that you talk about Biden as Biden, rather than Joe, but you refer to Harris as Kamela. This is a consistent problem with and for female politicians. Clinton get referred to as Hillary (when it is contextually clear that it’s not referring to Bill). Just something to think about.

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      5 months ago

      This is going to be the real question. Can Harris pull in black men?

      That’s not a real question. Dems regularly pull 70-90% of black male voters.

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        It is in fact a real question, because Trump has made significant inroads into that demographic. Given how tight the margins are, Dems need to be pulling in all of the black, male voters.

        Anecdotally, I’ve known a handful of black men in my area that support Trump. All of them also smoke a ton of weed, so there’s a lot of cognitive dissonance there.

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          5 months ago

          Trump has made significant inroads into that demographic.

          From approximately 0% during the Obama presidency to the low 20s against Hillary.

          But right in line with what Republicans have normally received going back to the 70s.

          All of them also smoke a ton of weed, so there’s a lot of cognitive dissonance there.

          No, that tracks.