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.
Well, I sure hope so. But only getting out and voting will matter.
The more the merrier
Good. Glad so many are going to vote.
But I thought “the black people” loved him because he…*checks notes*… has been indicted numerous times and sells shoes. Are you telling me that’s not true? I am shocked, I tell you. Shocked.
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.
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.
