Pennsylvania sees surge in Black women and young people registering to vote
www.independent.co.uk
‘This data is suggesting that women, younger voters, voters of color, and then especially younger women of color are going to vote at a much higher rate than they did in 2020,’ one strategist says, predicting that it could have ‘a significant potential impact on the outcome of this election’

New voter registrations surged among Black women and young people in Pennsylvania when Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee for president, according to newly released data.

In the week that Joe Biden announced he would not run for re-election, new registrations increased by 262 per cent among Black women under 30 compared to the same week in 2020.

Registrations among Black voters increased by 110 per cent, and among voters under 30 years old by 59 per cent, also compared to the same week in 2020.

All of those demographic groups lean heavily towards voting for Democrats.

  • vzq
    65·
    9 days ago

    How the US manages to pretend to be a modern country without the bare basics of public administration like a civil registry is beyond me.

    If “registering to vote” was a thing anywhere else we’d all be decrying it as a major democratic deficit, if not outright disenfranchisement.

    • Wytch@lemmy.zipEnglish
      16·
      9 days ago

      Ours is a culture of complacency. Even where demonstrably untrue, we for generations regard ourselves as number one in all aspects of nationhood. The propaganda works as designed. We don’t expect more because we already think this is as good as it gets.

      This allows the slow erosion of rights and denial of progress that we’ve seen over the last 50 years. We won’t be protesting or demanding things most democracies would consider mandatory. We’re too busy trying to get by at this point.

      • rayyy@lemmy.world
        4·
        9 days ago

        Ours is a culture of complacency

        All the better for the oligarchs to manage the peons. Helps if they are “poorly educated” too - wouldn’t want any critical thinking to pop up.