BadmanDan@lemmy.world to Political Discussion and Commentary@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago2024 Election If Only Black People Voted. Why Do Dems Struggle So Much in the South With Such Strong Black Support There?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1173arrow-down112
arrow-up1161arrow-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 · 5 days agomessage-square76fedilink
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down3·edit-25 days 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-up3·4 days 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-24 days 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.)