BadmanDan@lemmy.world to Political Discussion and Commentary@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago2024 Election If Only Black People Voted. Why Do Dems Struggle So Much in the South With Such Strong Black Support There?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square75linkfedilinkarrow-up1171arrow-down113
arrow-up1158arrow-down1image2024 Election If Only Black People Voted. Why Do Dems Struggle So Much in the South With Such Strong Black Support There?lemmy.worldBadmanDan@lemmy.world to Political Discussion and Commentary@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square75linkfedilink
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down4·edit-22 months agoPart of it is institutional hurdles to voting. The other part of it is the Democratic Party making big promises and then doing jack shit to fulfill them once they’re elected.
minus-squareteslasaur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month agoIm sure you have numbers to prove that there are fewer blacks voting than whites. In the local elections, there is gerrymandering to make sure minorities doesn’t actually get a voice in the decisions of the state.
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month ago In the local elections, there is gerrymandering to make sure minorities doesn’t actually get a voice in the decisions of the state. I know. That’s what I meant by ‘institutional hurdles’. (Among other things.)
Part of it is institutional hurdles to voting.
The other part of it is the Democratic Party making big promises and then doing jack shit to fulfill them once they’re elected.
Im sure you have numbers to prove that there are fewer blacks voting than whites.
In the local elections, there is gerrymandering to make sure minorities doesn’t actually get a voice in the decisions of the state.
I know. That’s what I meant by ‘institutional hurdles’. (Among other things.)