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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump prepares push to woo black voters
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/03/trump-black-voters-2020-1445491Critics may find the timing of the outreach outrageous. But the campaign hopes that if it can shave just a few points off Democrats overwhelming support among blacks, it can boost voter turnout in eight or so key states such as Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania each of which Trump won by less than one percentage point.
The campaigns pitch to African Americans is simple: Ignore the presidents words and instead focus on his policies, like the state of the economy and the low unemployment rate, the passage of criminal justice reform or the creation of Opportunity Zones, which are meant to bolster investment in underserved or poorer cities.
When Trump took office in January 2017, the unemployment rate among blacks was 7.7 percent. Fridays jobs report pegged it at 6 percent for July.
Do I think some of his verbal formulations are inartful? Yeah, said Ken Blackwell, the former mayor of Cincinnati, former Ohio Secretary of State and a top Trump transition official. But for me, as a domestic policy adviser during the Trump transition, it has been all about the agenda, a set of results and tomorrow. You have to believe his policy agenda flies in the face of the false narrative of the racist-in-charge.
But for others, the Trump rhetoric cannot be divorced from his record, and critics argue he must take responsibility for that as president. A recent Quinnipiac University National Poll, released on July 30, showedthat 80 percent of African American voters surveyed considered Trump racist.
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Trump prepares push to woo black voters (Original Post)
Demovictory9
Aug 2019
OP
Trump will say he increased violence against PoC and that means he cares. He's that stupid
uponit7771
Aug 2019
#3
Trump is delusional enough to believe his "intervention" to release A$AP Rocky
no_hypocrisy
Aug 2019
#4
htuttle
(23,738 posts)1. Lordy, where'd they find Ken Blackwell? I thought he was dead.
MFM008
(19,803 posts)2. To my fellow
DUrs of color...is his "push" going to influence any of you????!!!
uponit7771
(90,301 posts)3. Trump will say he increased violence against PoC and that means he cares. He's that stupid
no_hypocrisy
(46,010 posts)4. Trump is delusional enough to believe his "intervention" to release A$AP Rocky
should bring African-Americans to the polls for him.
tanyev
(42,514 posts)5. They should be careful. Trump is more of a grabber than a wooer.