Cliff Albright, co-founder of Black Voters Matter, said Monday that President Biden’s declining support among young black voters is the campaign’s “most concerning” issue. .
CNN’s Poppy Harlow pointed to the president’s weakness in the polls among young black voters, saying, “Cliff, especially with this president’s unwillingness to call for a ceasefire and the mounting civilian casualties in Gaza. To what extent do you think this is due to your presence?” Just this weekend, he was interrupted by protesters in South Carolina over it. ”
“That’s definitely a big issue,” Albright said. “You know, I said to senior officials in the administration that this must be the issue of greatest concern to them. As you can see in the polling numbers, black voters across the board are I’m disappointed and disappointed in the president’s policies in Gaza. I’m generous with the president’s policies in Gaza, but when you look at young black voters, not only are they disappointed, like 70%, 75%, 80%; I am completely furious about this and it could be a problem.”
Albright added that the Biden campaign needs to do a better job of communicating to young people about climate change, gun control and “police accountability.”
Black Voters Matter co-founder Cliff Albright joins CNN’s Poppy Harlow for an interview on Monday, January 29, 2023. (Screenshot/CNN)
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“It doesn’t take away the concern and the outright anger about Gaza, but people at least need to hear stories that give them some kind of balance to what they’re really upset about about Gaza policy,” he said. said.
Harlow also asked Albright why Biden has struggled to increase support among black voters, the key voting bloc that helped propel him to victory in 2020. Mr. Arbeit doubts current polls showing Mr. Biden losing support among black voters, some of whom may support him. He said that he doubts whether this is the case. He was scheduled to go to former President Trump.
“Actually, if you look at black men, interestingly enough, in 2016 he [Trump] He used to win 14% of black men, but in 2020 he only won 12% of black men. So the numbers are actually reversed, but you see a lot of talk about these polls, but if you look at the way we vote, that doesn’t happen. It’s not a massive change. But the bigger question is whether people will actually turn out to vote. “There’s always a third option, which is not to vote for either candidate,” he said.
President Joe Biden speaks at Mother Emanuel AME Church on Monday, January 8, 2024 in Charleston, South Carolina. (AP Photo/Mike Smith)
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Harlow asked how the Biden campaign could turn this situation around.
“It’s not all doom and gloom…We have to tell people. People have to be well informed about what has been done. The most common question we have is, ‘ Well, I don’t know exactly who he is.’” It’s over, right? ” Albright said.
Albright also called on the campaign to invest in Black media and find ways to ensure Biden’s message reaches young voters “wherever people go.”
President Joe Biden speaks at the Reproductive Freedom Campaign rally at George Mason University on January 23, 2024 in Manassas, Virginia. (Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Biden headed to South Carolina on Saturday to try to shore up support among black voters. Biden was repeatedly interrupted by pro-Palestinian demonstrators during his remarks.
Biden was also interrupted. multiple times during an abortion rights rally in Manassas, Virginia, on Tuesday.
Biden’s speech was interrupted by several chanting demonstrators criticizing the administration’s response to Israel’s continued ground offensive against the terrorist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Shortly after he began speaking, a male demonstrator holding a Palestinian flag shouted, “How many children have you killed?” As security guards escorted the protesters, they were drowned out by a crowd chanting “Four more years!”
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FOX News’ Bradford Betts contributed to this report.
