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Trump and the Republican Party have made “an unprecedented lean in and targeting of African American men,” Belcher said. Yes, it’s absolutely smart on their side.”But, he said, recent polling shows a shift among Black voters in the last month and a half toward Harris' campaign. “We want to make sure that Black men are showing up to vote in numbers that we haven’t seen since Obama. So victory and success for us will be record numbers of Black men showing up to vote in November.”He said there has been an Obama-like energy with Harris. Has anyone ever heard of Barack Hussein Obama?” Trump said as the Scranton crowd lit up with boos.

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A new $4 million effort primarily aimed at engaging and mobilizing Black male voters ahead of Election Day in key battleground states is launching Tuesday, according to plans shared first with NBC News. The new effort will focus on nonpartisan ways to encourage largely Black men to vote, said Quentin James, founder and president of the Collective PAC. "Black men are now one of the No. He added that with polls showing a close presidential race, Black men could play a pivotal role. The group hopes to register 50,000 Black voters by providing them with resources at VoteToLive.org.

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☆ Democrats are freaking out after Biden's debate performance
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewPresident Joe Biden wanted the earliest major presidential debate in history. Biden turned in a performance so disastrous that prominent Democrats are questioning if the president can even go on. Advertisement"It was a really disappointing debate performance from Joe Biden," Kate Beddingfield, Biden's former White House communications direction, said shortly after Axelrod. I loved Joe Biden, I worked for Joe Biden," Jones said. Related storiesOne former White House aide told Politico that Biden's performance was "terrible."

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☆ Biden Is Talking to Howard University Students. But Does He Speak to Them?
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-13 | by ( Zolan Kanno-Youngs | Kyna Uwaeme | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The mother-son split mirrors a broader generational divide among Black voters on President Biden, who needs their support as he runs for re-election. Although Black voters were a key constituency that sent Mr. Biden to the White House in 2020, polls show that Black voters under 30 have far less enthusiasm for Mr. Biden than their elders do. The Democratic National Committee said it has invested in reaching young Black voters through a variety of initiatives, including issuing grants to states to expand voter registration and hiring campus organizers in battleground states. The New York Times spoke to students at Howard, the renowned historically Black university, in the days leading up to Mr. Biden’s commencement address there on Saturday. Most of them said they would still vote for Mr. Biden rather than a Republican.

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