Bahta Mekonnen, a 28-year-old U.S. Army captain from the key voting state of Georgia, is among the millions of Black voters who helped deliver President Joe Biden the White House in 2020.

Edit: Not sure why people are downvoting this. It’s a news report, not an opinion piece.

  • zeppo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    34·
    1 year ago

    Sigh, why do people think things like this?

    Democrats’ failure to secure widespread student loan relief or legalize marijuana has been disappointing, Evans said, adding that Republicans’ more aggressive approach when they have power means they are “actually getting things done.”

    Yes, they are getting bad, regressive, anti-progress, harmful things done. That isn’t what we want. Meanwhile, when Democrats are in power, Republicans think their job is to prevent Dems from accomplishing anything so they can point and say “see! They didn’t do anything!”.

  • Hairyblue@kbin.social
    3·
    1 year ago

    Alabama right now had the Supreme Court tell them that African Americans deserved more representation in the congressional maps. The Republicans said No, we will still draw the maps so we win and the African Americans will not.

  • LexiconDrexicon@lemm.ee
    2·
    1 year ago

    Not that surprising, the 1990’s saw a large drop in black voter turnout also

    There is a difference though between midterms and Presidential elections. Midterms are always brutal because no one ever shows up for them. It’s a chore to get 50% of the people to get out for midterms, which really are equally as important as Presidential elections